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| Articles Of Research Identifying Abacus Value |
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Posted by: John Nicholson - 11-05-2010, 03:56 PM - Forum: John Nicholson
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[SIZE="6"] ARTICLES OF RESEARCH
IDENTIFYING ABACUS VALUE [/SIZE]
[SIZE="5"]A Dissertation Submitted for the Dr. Degree in Abacus Study
Associate professor of University of Chicago, Dr.James Stigler, wrote his Doctoral Dissertation about abacus study. He stayed in Taiwan for two years and did research to the students. He gave a test before taking abacus lessons, then taking lessons and after that he completed abacus lessons. Then he wrote doctoral dissertation and received PhD. His major is in Psychology in Human Behavior. Later, he wrote many theses, including the "Mental Abacus - The Effect of Abacus Training on Chinese Children's Mental Calculation"., Dr.James Stigler, "Mental Abacus - The Effect of Abacus Training on Chinese Children's Mental Calculation".
Evaluation of Memory in Abacus Learners.
Published in Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006 Jul-Sep;50(3):225-33)
Department of Physiology, Stanley Medical College and Hospital, Chennai 600 003.
Abacus is a method used by Chinese, Japanese and Koreans to improve mathematical skills. This system has now invaded our country. The improvement in mathematical skills is said to be due to a coordinated functioning of both right and left hemisphere. As learning and memory in any field is achieved by coordinating and analyzing the different sensory inputs, whether an abacus trainee would also improve the short-term memory as a whole was evaluated in our study. 50 children of average IQ between 5 and 12 years from 2 regular schools and 50 from an abacus institute were evaluated for short-term memory before and after a period of one and two years. The memory tests were taken from Wechsler memory scale, Mini mental state examination, Mann - Buitar visual memory screen for objects. The results showed that the abacus learners at the end of one and two years had a better visual and auditory memory when compared to non-abacus learners.
[COLOR="Red"]About skilled Abacus Users and the training of intelligence.
Mr. Lin and Mr. Haqits, professors in Osaka Education University, studied abacus users and found that abacus training can help to cultivate and to improve their intelligence. They wrote a thesis to the Journal of British Medical Science. Dr. Sinagwakane, professor of Japan Medical University, Mr. Kawano and Mr. Osisewbi also did some research and made a report to the 68th Conference of Japan Physiology Association in Kyoto.[/COLOR]
A Dissertation Submitted for the Dr. Degree in Abacus Study
Associate professor of University of Chicago, Dr.James Stigler, wrote his Doctoral Dissertation about abacus study. He stayed in Taiwan for two years and did research to the students. He gave a test to the students before and after taking abacus lessons. Then he wrote a doctoral dissertation and received his PhD. His major is in Psychology in Human Behavior. Later, he wrote many theses, including the "Mental Abacus - The Effect of Abacus Training on Chinese Children's Mental Calculation".
Japanese~ American Co-operative Study on the Effects on Abacus Education
Dr. Flanagan in University of Maryland and Dr.Biga, a professor in Liuqiu University cooperated to study the achievements of Japanese and American students in mathematics. The result shows that Japanese children's arithmetic scores are higher than American students are; above all, abacus learners are top in every grade.
[COLOR="Red"]A Guide to the Experiment on the Effects of Abacus Education
American Education wanted to know why American tend to reject arithmetic. They introduced abacus to the classrooms. Children like to work with the abacus in a concrete way instead of an abstract way. They gradually changed to be fond of studying arithmetic.[/COLOR]
Concentration Effects
Decker Avenue School in California did a research for CONCENTRATION after introducing abacus to the children. The study indicated a very good result.
[COLOR="DarkRed"]The Particular Teaching Tool
Children like to work with something concretely instead of seating and listening to lectures. Abacus method is good for active attitude toward learning, as pictured in Haslett's and piaget's theories.[/COLOR]Author: Mr. Kouzi Suzuki,
President of English Mental Arithmetic Education Association of Japan
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| Learner attendance policy on the way |
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Posted by: admin - 05-05-2010, 02:11 PM - Forum: South Africa
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Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education has gazetted a policy aimed at promoting regular school attendance of learners by instituting proper recording and monitoring systems.
The policy, which was gazetted on Tuesday, was developed in response to the need for national norms and standards for the recording, management and monitoring of learner attendance.
“It provides schools with standardised procedures for these processes with a view to ensuring equity in the treatment of learners across provinces,†the department said.
It also re-asserts the responsibility of parents and caregivers to ensure that their children attend school regularly.
The key aspects of the policy are that all learners, with the exception of Grade 12 learners, must attend school on every school day, including examination periods (before, during and after examinations) for the total number of official school days of each year.
Grade 12 learners may also take five days study leave before the first day of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination, and a learner’s records will be cancelled in the class register if he/she is absent from school for ten consecutive school days without a valid reason.
“Learners’ records cannot be retained in the class register when they are no longer attending schools as this inflates learner numbers,†the department said.
Other reasons for cancelling a learner’s record include exemption from compulsory school attendance, expulsion, transfer to another school, registration for home education.
The policy clarifies that if a learner returns to school after his/her record has been cancelled, the learner must be readmitted to school.
“School governing bodies are expected to monitor learner attendance rates at the school,†the department said, adding that provincial departments should raise public awareness of the educational and social importance of regular attendance at school.
The policy, which will only apply to public schools, will be implemented in schools from 1 January 2011. - BuaNews
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