GungHo's Nakamura Toru kanshuu Indo-shiki Keisan Drill (Indian Style Calculation Drills Supervised by Toru Nakamura) improves calculation speed and skills with special techniques and shortcuts. You may be asking yourself (or us, or no one in particular): How is this Indian style? What does India have to do with teaching math skills? Or, it may be plainly obvious to you. It wasn't to us.Vedic Mathematics is a system of math found in Vedas rediscovered in the early 20th century (or made up by some guy-- we're not about to go after the solution to that mystery while researching a DS non-game). It is based on sixteen sutras that provide simple methods for calculations.
Publisher Shinyusha's book Math Drills: The Indian Way is currently a massive hit in Japan and has sparked a Vedic math fad, not only among the school-aged, but among adults. And what is the other fad in Japanese education techniques? Right, the Nintendo DS. Shinyusha is partnered with GungHo in the development of Indian Style Calculation Drills. And now you know ... the rest of the story. Good day!
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9-11-2007 @ 11:03AM
Gaurav Tekriwal said...
HI!
Would like to invite you to check out our website on Vedic Mathematics. http://www.vedicmathsindia.org
DO let me know your comments on it. We also have a 15 Hour, 8 DVD set on the subject.
Wishes
Gaurav
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9-11-2007 @ 11:20AM
DiahrreaMan said...
Wow! With each day, the DS is really becoming a jack-of-all-trades. I mean, almost every imaginable genre and non genre is seeing releases on the DS these days.
Can't wait for Zelda: PH! October 1st can't come fast enough!
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