[blindkid] Fwd: [LCA] math question

[Penny Duffy]

Abby loves her abacus.  She can do a lot and as she learns more she is show
how to use it with the new kind of problems. I question why abacus are not
taught more commonly to everyone else.  technology isn't everything.

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Chantel Alberhasky <
chantel at alberhaskylaw.com> wrote:

> My 8 year old uses an abacus.  He uses a calculator when the other
> students are allowed to use one but if they have to do their work using
> only pen and paper he uses his abacus.  He is rather fast at it and has no
> difficulty learning how to use it.
>
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> There are probably a number of good reasons actually, but the one that
> really jumps out at me is standardized testing.
>
> In most (if not all) cases, students cannot use any sort of device which
> calculates for them. That eliminates electronic (including talking)
> calculators as well as braillenotes and the like immediately. Since the
> abacus (as you point out) does not calculate but is just a mechanical
> system which must be learned and manipulated, it doesn't break that rule.
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