Abacus Multiplication to Perfection: General Discussion

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Course Description:

Multiply your potential to effectively instruct students who are blind or have low vision to use the abacus! Course participants will be guided through the process of multiplying single-digit numbers using the abacus. As confidence is gained, training will progress to multiplying larger numbers along with guidance to understand common abacus mistakes.

ACVREP Credit: 2 Hours

Objectives:

  • Explain vocabulary, the rule for positioning subproducts, and the purposes of how a multiplication problem is set on an abacus.
  • Evaluate multiplication expressions for their purpose of teaching one digit in the multiplier and any number of digits in the multiplicand.
  • Evaluate multiplication expressions to teach multiplication with complementary numbers in subproducts.
  • Evaluate multiplication expressions to teach any number of digits in the multiplier and multiplicand.
  • Explain common errors students make when multiplying with an abacus.