By reading this article, you will be able to learn about the benefits of abacus and future potential after learning.

I will explain the benefits of abacus learning, including the results of university research.

 

I'm the author of this article and I'm a qualified abacus teacher, answering questions from around the world online abacus and various questions from online-soroban.com students.

Table of contents

 

 

1. Benefits of learning abacus

The abacus, which had declined rapidly for a while due to the spread of calculators and personal computers.

Under such circumstances, the abacus has regained its limelight as a tool for skill development, not just a calculation tool.

Today, I would like to share the power and benefits that can be acquired through such abacus learning.

 

1-1.Concentration

The abacus must solve the problem accurately and speedily within the time limit, and no single mistake is allowed.

5 digit x 6 digit problem requires more than 100 fingertip operations.

During the calculation, you can recite the multiplication table 30 times and enter an 11-digit (10 billion) answer. In the meantime, no single mistake is allowed. As you say, "the fingertips are the brain that has gone out", you can see that Soroban learning raises the brain by fingertip training.

Concentration is cultivated by solving these tensions and solving problems repeatedly.

In the abacus class, most of the children who have just started going to kindergarten can sit still in a chair.
 

 

1-2.Memory

The "right brain" is overwhelming in memory. The abacus remembers the answer pattern (the shape of a bead) in its "right brain.

" By repeating this training, you can stay in memory for a long time and increase your memory.

There are two types of mental arithmetic: mental arithmetic (using the right brain) and mathematical arithmetic (using the left brain).

In mental arithmetic, the pattern of the answer processed by the right brain is stored.

This training is long and intuitive. In general, the memory method used for examinations (using the left brain) is often forgotten in a short period of time.

80% of students at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University are said to have experienced abacus (Soroban), and there are some that nod.

Such "brain power" is acquired by mental arithmetic (Anzan) training.

The more you begin in childhood, especially in kindergarten, you will surely acquire these "brain powers".
 

 

1-3. Judgment

The ability to pair with "concentration", and it is effective as training for improving judgment and processing speed because it repeatedly performs the task of instantly answering in a limited time.
 

 

1-4.Processing power

In today's information-rich world, it is important to collect, organize, and process vast amounts of information.

The most important thing for abacus is how to efficiently input data in a speed game, and can greatly enhance the ability to process information quickly and correctly.

The numbers are read quickly without mistakes, processed by the right brain per second, and converted to accurate numerical information by the left brain.

From input to output through abacus training, you are developing information processing skills.

This brain power is an important weapon along with academic ability.
 

 

1-5.Perseverance

There are no tips to improve your abacus easily. As the class progresses, the path to passing becomes stricter and it takes more than six months to take it for granted, so it is necessary to repeat the practice.

You will develop patience that will be useful even after coming out to society.
 

 

1-6. Creativity

A research presentation by Prof. Kimiko Kono (Nippon Medical School) showed that the advanced level mental arithmetic of the stepped person uses the right brain.

It is said that problem solving / invention etc. occurs from the right brain, and the "brain power" that connects the thinking circuits of problem-solving in the shortest distance is developed.

"Fingertip training promotes synaptic entanglement and builds a neuron network," emphasizes Professor Toshiro Hayashi (Osaka Prefectural University).

The imagination to create a new system is the essential "brain power" required in any field. In other words, it is one of the "brain powers" that children must wear.

The abacus trains the input and output work using eyes, head, and fingertips to train the "right brain" that controls intuition, leading to rich creativity and inspiration.
 

 

2. The reason that why abacus learning drives right brain development

When an abacus experienced person uses the abacus to calculate, he uses the right brain to calculate.

It is said that music education such as piano is good for right brain education, but it is said that abacus has a similar right brain effect.

It is said that the right brain is rarely used in everyday life, so the abacus as an action that works the right brain simultaneously with the left brain is an attractive training for training the right brain.

Brain science has shown that the brain develops rapidly by the age of 12, and it is said that it has high absorbency, especially in childhood.

Many abacus learners start from an early age.

 

2-1.Synergistic effects obtained from abacus learning

As children tend to learn the abacus in their childhood, they naturally learn to practice their own daily routines, and they also learn to work on their own.

They tend to be able to move smoothly because things are naturally acquired.

In this way, learning the abacus, in addition to computational skills, often leads to independence and planning naturally, so it is often useful for study and work.

 

And by taking competitions and certification exams, you can work out your time even when you go to college or take another qualification exam. As a result, you can work without hassle.

 

Overall  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tweet