UC MAS STATE LEVEL RESULT 2013
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Thursday 21 February 2013
How does Abacus (zhushan) work ?
How does Abacus work ?
Inspiring children's aptitude with numbers:
UCMAS programs train children’s minds for whole brain development, using the Abacus as a tool and Mental Math as a medium. The Abacus is used to teach the children to understand:
When children use both hands to manipulate beads of Abacus, there is quick communication between their hands and brain that stimulates both right and left hemispheres of the brain. Abacus/Mental Math reckoning process combines integrated thinking and motoring functions from both sides of the brain, so the left hemisphere (logical side) stirs virtual abacus image on the right hemisphere (abstract side).Training to harness brain power:
UCMAS program influences the child's brain development in various ways:
By activating both sides of the brain, children can achieve calculation speed previously only possible by math geniuses. Children learn to subtract by adding; learn to multiply without multiplying; and learn to perform long division problems in their head faster than most people can add two numbers together.
UCMAS programs train children’s minds for whole brain development, using the Abacus as a tool and Mental Math as a medium. The Abacus is used to teach the children to understand:
- Base-ten number system
- Number concepts and numeric relationships
- Place values
- Carrying and borrowing
- Combinations and complements of numbers
When children use both hands to manipulate beads of Abacus, there is quick communication between their hands and brain that stimulates both right and left hemispheres of the brain. Abacus/Mental Math reckoning process combines integrated thinking and motoring functions from both sides of the brain, so the left hemisphere (logical side) stirs virtual abacus image on the right hemisphere (abstract side).Training to harness brain power:
UCMAS program influences the child's brain development in various ways:
- Mental picture training (visualization) boosts memory power, as the children practice holding the number in their mind while operating the physical or mental abacus.
- Flash cards are used to enhance the visuals and help the children memorize the pictures. By the end of the UCMAS program they have 450,000 images stored in their memory.
- The speed training prompts the children to respond to questions quickly. And the speed oral training encourages the children to listen attentively, which forces them to focus and concentrate.
- As the children become more familiar with the technique, they become certain of the answer, which in turn, builds their confidence and self-esteem.
By activating both sides of the brain, children can achieve calculation speed previously only possible by math geniuses. Children learn to subtract by adding; learn to multiply without multiplying; and learn to perform long division problems in their head faster than most people can add two numbers together.
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Thursday 14 February 2013
WHAT IS ZHUSUAN ?
UC MAS MENTAL MATH
UCMAS Mental Math is based on Chinese Zhusuan methodology.
Historical Development of 'Zhusuan':
The calculation tool called Zhusuan has a very old history by itself. From around BC 3,000 ~ BC 2,000
in the Mesopotamia Area (now Iraq), it was said that lines were marked on sand and little rocks were used for calculation. Subsequently a calculation tool that is known as the 'line Zhusuan' was made in ancient Greek, and the Romans also made 'Groove Zhusuan' which they used for calculation.
It is said that these tools were introduced in China but there are many different theories on how calculation tools spread through the world. From around BC 770 ~ BC 476, China used 'Suanchou' for calculation. And, the oldest record of a calculation instrument similar to the Zhusuan can be seen in document dated AD 200. Principles of Algorithm, is the first bead-calculation book in China, written by Wang Wensu, an expert in bead calculation of the Ming Dynasty. According to the document, the first Zhusuan introduced to Japan from China was in the 16th century.
While studying the tool for 400 years, Japan has improved and revolutionized the Soroban (Abacus) to what we use today. In the recent years, the modernized Zhusuan has been introduced back to China where it is actively in use. Not to mention, Zhusuan is also commonly used in other countries such as Korea, Taiwan, United States and Brazil. Zhusuan is practical, useful in solving mathematical problems and especially is very handy in teaching the concept of number to children in lower grades.
Importance of Zhusuan Education:
Children all across the globe have a tendency of disliking or fearing math. The basics of life are made from calculation. Children who dislike calculation may not necessarily become the failure of life, but they do tend to have difficulties in life and might result in a delay in the development of the brain functions relative to calculation. It may fairly be said that improvement of calculation skills like Zhusuan provide core foundation of human education in following areas:
- Improvement of Mathematical Sense
By teaching Zhusuan to children, especially at the age of 4 ~ 12, they improve their use of the four arithmetic rules by twice in speed once they obtain this ability.
The most remarkable quality of having Zhusuan Education is that one can calculate simple numbers by Mental Arithmetic 'calculating without using any tools'. Currently in China, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan people can calculate up to 10 digits all in their head.
At present, we are living in the so called 'computer era'. Of course, computers are faster than Zhusuan if it is simple calculation of numbers, that is, only if the computer is programmed properly. But the fact is that people are the one that operate computers. In Japan, they have verified that people without mathematical sense are more likely to make input mistakes. People who operate computers need the ability to catch numbers and words accurately and with speed. The best way to improve that ability would come from Zhusuan Education. - Zhusuan Education Value
Zhusuan bailey tests have been divided into 20 different ranks. Those with higher than 15th rank 'counting from the bottom' have constantly maintained higher grades in Japanese high schools. These results are due to the fact that Zhusuan Education has deeply effected the activation and development of the human brain. Though it is unclear whether human brain has developed only after Zhusuan Education or a hereditary 'good brain' has improved due to Zhusuan Education. Schools and Universities involved in psychology, cerebral studies, and Zhusuan study have been researching this topic at this time. - Effects of Zhusuan Education on Human Brain
Cerebral studies have made remarkable progress in recent years. Professor Toshiro Hayashi of Kyoto University, who is a representative scholar in this study, has reported the following issue titled 'The Human Brain and the Zhusuan'. The nerve tissue of the sense nerve, which controls the movement of the fingers, has been found to be very abundant, which means the movements of fingers when using Zhusuan requires many nerve tissues to move simultaneously. Furthermore, these movements of fingers especially thumb and index finger required greater skills compared to playing a piano. With this reference, it can be said that Zhusuan education is a necessary step in basic human education. Its educational value to the children is vital to the human brain formation.
Friday 8 February 2013
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Evolution is inevitable. Help your child acquire essential skills to excel through life.Some people assume that learning mental arithmetic is merely a method to improve the speed and accuracy of calculations, for example, adding 10-digit numbers within a few seconds is, by itself, an amazing accomplishment for most young children. However, there is much more to this because when the children are learning UCMAS Mental Arithmetic, they are actually also undergoing the process of developing other aspects of the mind. When the children have acquired an astonishing calculation speed, it is actually only the end result of having developed some of their mental abilities such as: concentration, observation, visualization, imagination, listening and memory.
Recent studies have shown that the abacus method of mental calculation is extremely effective in the development of the right brain. At first, this idea was only a hypothesis, but the recent development of high-tech machinery has helped provide tangible research data. According to the research, the learning and thinking process is enhanced when both sides of the brain participate in a balanced manner.
UCMAS aims to develop human intellect - through improved mind concentration and imagination - and to revolutionize the field of child education.
Key Benefits:
- Improves Concentration: Kids are trained to be involved in different processes happening at the same time. They gradually learn how to be focused on the task in hand and ignore different kinds of distraction.
- Improves Observation & Listening: Through training with Flash Cards (one of the mental training tools) and during solving mental math problems, kids take only a glance at the card or problem to start processing numbers. With time, this significantly enhances their observation abilities.
- The same goes for listening since kids are trained to hear numbers only once during problem solving because numbers are not repeated. With the continuous use of active listening, kids will develop significantly-improved listening skills.
- Improves Imagination & Visualization: Kids are challenged to start forming a virtual abacus early in the training and soon will start using this imaginary or virtual abacus in solving problems. This continuous use of imagination and visualization techniques significantly improves the kid?s skill in these two mental parameters.
- Strengthens Memory: Kids memorize different images during their numbers training and during solving problems; they tend to memorize momentarily each image constructed on the virtual abacus after doing any arithmetic and before giving the final answer. This continuous use and training of memory significantly improve this ability especially what is known as the photographic memory.
- Enhances Accuracy & Speed: In UCMAS one of the real challenges is time. Kids are gradually trained to give extremely accurate results in shorter and shorter times. This continuous challenge will teach kids how to optimize the use of time while staying accurate.
- Promotes Creativity: Having developed imagination and visualization as well as memory, concentration and the other mental parameters and through the whole process of the right brain training and activation, kids will find it easier to be creative and inspired.
- Boosts Self-Confidence: As a result of the continuous positive feedback received from parents, teachers, peers and the community as well as the exposure during the program to different audiences in demonstrations, national and international competitions, along with the improved mental abilities- kids will be given an extremely powerful boost to their self-Image and confidence that will further help them in their future challenges.
- Lays down a Strong Foundation for Academic Achievement: Having developed all the above-mentioned parameters, it is normal for kids at UCMAS to have a very strong foundation for academic achievement and excellence.
- Develops Astonishing Mental Arithmetic Abilities: This is a very natural end result for UCMAS, since kids will deal with numbers in a smooth and entertaining way. Usually kids will be able to solve arithmetic problems mentally faster than a calculator! It is worth mentioning here that UCMAS is not a mathematics drilling program. Children are not drilled with repetitive ongoing exercises. UCMAS is designed to teach young learners a skill ? one that will stay with them forever.
DID YOU KNOW ?
| More than 80 % of humans have more developed left brain. Human right brain has " high speed and high capacity memory ". |
Monday 4 February 2013
WHAT IS UC MAS ?
WHAT IS UC MAS
UCMAS is an after school mental arithmetic program for children between 4 and 12 years.
It is designed to boost brain power and stimulate young minds using abacus and mental arithmetic in a way that children find engaging and fun.Understanding the working of a Human Brain:
Human brain is made up of two halves. These halves are commonly called the right brain and left brain, but should more correctly be termed 'hemispheres'. For some reason, our right and left hemispheres control the 'opposite' side of our bodies, so the right hemisphere controls our left side and processes what we see in our left eye while the left hemisphere controls the right side and processes what our right eye sees. The concept of right brain and left brain thinking developed from the research in the late 1960s of an American psycho biologist Roger W Sperry. He discovered that the human brain has two very different ways of thinking. One (right brain) is visual and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The other (left brain) is verbal and processes information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981.
It is designed to boost brain power and stimulate young minds using abacus and mental arithmetic in a way that children find engaging and fun.Understanding the working of a Human Brain:
Human brain is made up of two halves. These halves are commonly called the right brain and left brain, but should more correctly be termed 'hemispheres'. For some reason, our right and left hemispheres control the 'opposite' side of our bodies, so the right hemisphere controls our left side and processes what we see in our left eye while the left hemisphere controls the right side and processes what our right eye sees. The concept of right brain and left brain thinking developed from the research in the late 1960s of an American psycho biologist Roger W Sperry. He discovered that the human brain has two very different ways of thinking. One (right brain) is visual and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The other (left brain) is verbal and processes information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981.
The left and right hemispheres of human brain are similar in shape but differences have been found in their functions. The left brain is also referred to as digital brain: It controls reading, writing, calculation, and logical thinking. The right brain is referred to as analog brain: It controls three-dimensional sense, creativity, and artistic senses. Both work together to allow us to function as human.UCMAS reinforces confidence by concentration, observation, visualization and imagination.
UCMAS is much more than mental arithmetic. Improving speed and accuracy of complex calculations, like adding several 10-digit numbers within few seconds, is an amazing feat for anyone, let alone children. When children are learning mental arithmetic the UCMAS way, they are also developing other aspects of their mind. When they have acquired an astonishing calculation speed with accuracy, it is an end result of having developed concentration, observation, vlsualization, imagination and memory.
UCMAS is much more than mental arithmetic. Improving speed and accuracy of complex calculations, like adding several 10-digit numbers within few seconds, is an amazing feat for anyone, let alone children. When children are learning mental arithmetic the UCMAS way, they are also developing other aspects of their mind. When they have acquired an astonishing calculation speed with accuracy, it is an end result of having developed concentration, observation, vlsualization, imagination and memory.
- Concentration: Ability to direct attention towards a particular matter with clear reflection that creates a deep image and mental impression. An enhanced concentration leads to better absorption power. Study time then becomes a joyfuI experience for these children. At UCMAS, mental arithmetic education is given using Abacus. Children are tralned to concentrate while listening to teachers' questions that range from easy to difficult, and then focus on calculating the answers as accurately as possible.
- Observation: Ability to compare, analyse and differentiate objects, motives and steps. It is also a state of alertness and swiftness of mind and senses. This comes from the need to understand theoretical requirements of each calculation and at the same time being aware of time, and prompts from teachers.
- Visualization and Imagination: By using imagination of the right braln to visualize the abacus in mind, inevitably the powers of visualization would become sharp and clear. Albert Einstein believes that the imagination is important than knowledge, because imagination is the main source of yet-to-be-discovered knowledge.
- Memory: Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information and experiences. It has been found that memory in the left brain would not stay long, but an image that is recorded in the right brain would stay on in the mind forever. By stimulating the right brain with mental arithmetic, and in combination with the alertness of the eyes, ears and hands, the ability to store and recall is developed together.
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