Mind over math: Children learn to use ‘imaginary abacus’ Students of the ‘Mind Mathlon 2014’ display the benefits of a unique calculating technique.

Teaching children to use an abacus might improve their arithmetic skills.

Columnist Linda Lewis Griffith learned to use an abacus as a Big Pointless Goal that was both fun and good for her brain.

A learning center is teaching kids, aged three to 13 years old, how to learn and better appreciate math with the use of an abacus, a manual computing device, that helps them keep track of numbers ...

The abacus is gaining traction in Australia as parents seek to boost their children's maths performance with after-school classes.

Not only do the students at the Japanese Abacus Math School (or JAMS, for short) learn math skills, they also enhance everyday life skills like time management, self-discipline and work ethic.