Recently the application education of abacus calculation and mental calculation is being revitalized. The educational institutions teaching abacus calculation in the form of franchise are increasing rapidly in number, and numbers of websites providing...
Recently the application education of abacus calculation and mental calculation is being revitalized. The educational institutions teaching abacus calculation in the form of franchise are increasing rapidly in number, and numbers of websites providing internet based abacus calculation learning programs are open. Also, the mass media starts to place an emphasis on the positive side of abacus calculation education. These phases are because the abacus calculation and mental calculation education helps studying mathematics, furthermore, it helps the students' creative thinking and mind training. Breaking away from the past abacus calculation education which was in pursuits of only the fast calculation, the newly conceptualized abacus calculation is being educated.
To be familiar with mathematics and improve problem-solving abilities, the abacus calculation and mental calculation education since the childhood will play an important role. And it might be the ultimate goal of the abacus calculation education. The education should put an emphasis in improving the sense on basic calculations or the mathematical abilities to solve rationally the problems in real life rather than the fast problem solving abilities using abacus calculation.
This study takes a look on the history of abacus calculation briefly, and investigates the problems of the current abacus calculation education, the necessity and the effects of abacus calculation education and its future direction. Then, the study provides the professor-learning scheme that can be practically used in abacus calculation classes.