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The History of Abacus and Trends of Abacus Calculation in Korean School Education

주산의 역사와 우리나라 학교 주산교육 동향

  • Kim, Jung Ok (Graduate School of Kyungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Young Ok (Department of Mathematics Education, Kyungnam University)
  • Received : 2017.06.13
  • Accepted : 2017.08.14
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

This study reports the history of abacus calculation in the East and West and the changes in the curriculum of abacus calculation in Korea. The findings from this study are that abacus calculation education program already disappeared from public education and that it depends on private education institutes or after school classrooms. According to a case study, of the 110 elementary schools located in Changwon City and Gyeongsangnam-do Province, 74 schools were educating abacus as after-school programs.

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