How does UCMAS compares with kumon?

Any CD's have any recommendation for picking one over another?

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4z4z

Two different things altogether.

UCMAS: Is basically doing mental mathematics and this trains your brain to calculations with out the assistance of a calculator.

KUMON: You basically do problems within a given time frame. It prepares you for exam(s).

The two are not mutually subsitutable. You could start a kid in UCMAS in the early years and move the kid over to KUMON at higher grades like 4 or 5th.

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Speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....

"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our
vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the
starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my
children: 'Finish your maths homework. Think of the children in India
who would make you starve, if you don't.'"

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Originally posted by shankaracharya

Two different things altogether.

UCMAS: Is basically doing mental mathematics and this trains your brain to calculations with out the assistance of a calculator.

KUMON: You basically do problems within a given time frame. It prepares you for exam(s).

The two are not mutually subsitutable. You could start a kid in UCMAS in the early years and move the kid over to KUMON at higher grades like 4 or 5th.

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Chandresh

Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!

See http://www.ucmascanada.com/

They have few locations here in mississauga and gta

Just wanted to see if any CD has personal experience with them here in Canada?

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4z4z

UCMAS is a method developed by a Malayasian where you learn to use the beads to add/subtract/multiply and then you start visualizing this method in your head and do large numbers in your head. This is quite spread out and very popular in India. The highest number of franchises are in Chennai(now you know why Chennai produces so many mathematicians in turn Accountants).

In Kumon you get the questions from your class level like arithmatic/algebra/calculus which you do in your class but not time bound in your class. In Kumon you do the homework and it is graded by a teacher and then you take a set of questions and answer them in a time frame. The time taken and the accuracy of the answers determine which level you are in. Kumon helps to discipline your child to take tests in a time bound manner and also guess answers by eliminating the wrong ones under Stressful situations. This technique basically prepares you for all competitive exams like GRE/GMAT/SAT and related exams.

Both are not the same.

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Speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....

"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our
vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the
starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my
children: 'Finish your maths homework. Think of the children in India
who would make you starve, if you don't.'"

Thanks for the insight.

I have been teaching mathematics to my grade I kid. I trained my kid to count on fingers and he is good at it, but now he is too dependant on it.

i came across this ucmas ad in local library magazine and wanted to see if any CD has any personal experience to share about ucmas

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4z4z

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Originally posted by 4z4z

Thanks for the insight.

I have been teaching mathematics to my grade I kid. I trained my kid to count on fingers and he is good at it, but now he is too dependant on it.

i came across this ucmas ad in local library magazine and wanted to see if any CD has any personal experience to share about ucmas

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