[Pibe-division] [AERNet] abacus question

[Marianne Denning]

Thank you!  Is it being used very much?  I have been blind since birth
and learned the Japanese method and when I completed my college
training as a TVI this method was not even mentioned.  I was enrolled
in a graduate program from 2006-2009.  I would like to know if other
TVI's are using it and their thoughts.

On 10/2/12, Susan Osterhaus <osterhauss at tsbvi.edu> wrote:
> I think you are looking for:
>
> Handbook for Itinerant and Resource Teachers of Blind and Visually
> Impaired Students (1989)
> by Doris M Willoughby and Sharon L. Duffy
>
> One section of the book is devoted to the paper compatible abacus, a
> method similar to the paper and pencil method. For instance, addition and
> subtraction are done from right to left, just as on paper. Borrowing and
> carrying are also done, as if on paper. Thus, conceivably, the visually
> impaired student could learn the same concepts as the sighted child, yet
> do them on the abacus. It is an interesting alternative to teaching the
> abacus, especially to a new abacus user who is in the regular classroom.
>
> www.amazon.com
>
> Best wishes,
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AERNet [mailto:aernet-bounces at lists.aerbvi.org] On Behalf Of
> Marianne Denning
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> Subject: [AERNet] abacus question
>
> I understand there is a method of using the abacus that is like the pencil
> and paper method used by most students.  Can anyone tell me where I can
> get information about this method?
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