Truthfully, David Glefke, 8, of Prospect Heights would rather be out in-line skating than sitting in a church basement twice a week, doing math drills. “I don’t like math at school,” David said, after ...

HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center ...

focus on repetition and mastery of skills. (Record photo by Beverly Shilling Math for Carly Harmon is as everyday as washing her face, as rote as tying her tennis shoe. She flies through her math ...

The Okinawa AMICUS International Elementary School, which is operated by AMICUS International School Educational Foundation (Chairperson: Fumio Akao, HP: https://www ...

Isaiah Gyamfi, a 2-year old boy from Ghana, is getting international attention as a child prodigy that knows how to count in at least 4 different languages and how to solve complex math problems.

In standardized math tests, Japanese children consistently score higher than their American counterparts. Researchers have found that it has more to do with effort than ability. In a study involving ...