Abaco Cranmer: The Public Orientation Number 1 Invites You To The Workshop Course On The 'Use of The Abacus'
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The State Institute of Public Education of Oaxaca (IEEPO) through the Unit
The Public Orientation number 1 invites you to the workshop course on the 'Use of the Abacus'
"Cranmer", directed at teaching staff of the state educational system with
visual impairment, parents, and the general public.
The course will have a duration of 24 hours in sessions that will take place on the days
Thursday, from February 28 to May 2, from 4 PM to 7 PM
hours.
The director of Public Guidance Unit number 1, María Leticia
Méndez Hernández stated that for more information and registrations, they must
request them at Avenida de las Etnias number 422 in the Reforma neighborhood or
call 044 951 11 79 384.
He said that the quota is limited and only a recovery fee will be requested for the
material that will be used, as it will also teach how to make the abacus
Cranmer.
He explained that this type of abacus is used to teach blind people to
perform the four basic operations of mathematics, which are: addition,
addition, multiplication and division, for the elementary preparation of these
procedures.
The abacus or counter was one of the first tools used in antiquity,
for the teaching of mathematics.
Due to the complexity of the numbering system, based on the numbers
Romans sought the assistance of the abacuses to perform the operations of
calculation. The first form was simple: a kind of tray covered by a thin
sand cover, where figures could be traced; it was used, among others, by the Greeks.
This abacus, adapted, is used to teach mathematics to the blind.
In 1948, Mr. Joaquín Lima de Moraes from Brazil, with the collaboration
of two Japanese experts, studied the technique of the four operations,
checking whether it was possible to adapt and simplify the Japanese abacus to be
used by the blind.
In 1956, the teaching of the Arithmetic Chair by the Soroba method began.
the Teacher Specialization Course for the education of the blind, from San
Pablo (Brazil).
From there, the techniques of using the abacus were promoted and disseminated in
Brazil and abroad.
In the United States, according to information obtained from specialized literature
Regarding the topic, studies to adopt began in the 1960s.
Japanese abacus to be used as a calculating device for the blind.
The precursor was T. V. Cranmer, director of the Department of Education
specialized in the blind, from the University of Kentucky, who conducted studies
about the techniques of using the Japanese abacus and designed one to be used by
blind, very similar to that of Moraes in Brazil but with fewer axes; it consists of
thirteen and is known as the "Cranmer abacus" and is used almost everywhere in the
world.
In Mexico, in 1972 the International Committee for the Blind introduced the abacus
Cranmer, special classes for its handling starting this very year.
in the Committee as well as in the National School for the Blind where the author was the
in charge of his teaching at this last institution.
The effectiveness of the abacus for teaching mathematics has been proven.
visually impaired.
The abacus is useful for all people and does not differentiate among the blind, as it is not about
exclusive use like the Braille system.
Visually impaired individuals, with good intellectual capacity, attention and
without motor difficulties, they achieve good mastery of their technique.
In blind children integrated into mainstream schools, at primary or secondary level, it is
fundamental the use of the abacus due to the multiple advantages it offers.
