On Saturday, many math experts will demonstrate their knowledge in many exciting sessions at a Julia Robertson Math Festival held at ASU. On Sun and Mon the most experienced "math circle" leaders from across the
nation, including Berkeley and Harvard, here in Tempe for
a workshop on establishing effective math-circles. Read more...
Address: 1375 N. McClintock Dr., Chandler, AZ 85226, U.S.A.
Voice: (480) 389-MATH (389-6284)
Voice: (480) 763-8272
Fax: (205) 445-4555
E-mail: info@IQabacus.com
Web address: http://www.IQabacus.com
Background and History:
As a beneficiary of the abacus math herself, Ms. Rueyin Chiou, the founder, wanted to transfer the benefit to her son when he was in a preschool. Ms. Chiou's professional background and her strong desire in educating her son formulated the deep understanding of needs from most other parents and the potential of the abacus math education.
From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Chiou was invited by three weekend schools to teach Mental Math classes. Ever since the beginning of teaching the Abacus Mental Math, Ms. Chiou has always been updating her class materials and improving the curricula. Until now, she has developed her own textbooks, homework books, work books, "Math is fun" song, audio CDs, posters, math games, etc.
In 2003, the "IQ Abacus" became a registered trade name and the "Math is fun!" became a registered trademark in Arizona. The IQabacus.com web site was also launched in around June 2003. With very minimal marketing efforts, the enrollment in IQ Abacus Math & Language School has been quickly growing every year.
Milestones:
From 2001 to 2004: offered Abacus Mental Math classes at three weekend schools in the Greater Phoenix area.
In 2003: established the IQabacus.com web site.
In 2003: registered "IQ Abacus Math" trade name in Arizona.
In 2003: registered "Math is fun!" trademark in Arizona.
In 2003: The first version of On-line mental math is released to registered members.
In 2004: started to offer classes at the current Tempe, Arizona location.
In 2004: launched the Scholastic Math program to complement the Mental Math program.
In 2005: started to encourage students to participate in the annual "Speedy Math Competition" conducted by the US Mental Math Federation.
In 2005: started to offer an on-line math e-learning system to our students of the Singapore Math program.
In 2005: launched Chinese programs offering classes for both traditional and simplified Chinese language systems.
In 2005: the Arizona Cultural Academy, a K to 12 private school, included Ms. Chiou's Mental Math Class in their math curriculum for K to 3 students.
In 2006: launched English program for k and up students.
In 2006: started to provide an on-line English e-learning system to our students of the English program.
In 2007: participated in the "9th Pan-Pacific International Abacus Mental Math Competition" in San Jose, California, where a total of 200 top students from 10 countries were attending. IQ Abacus students won several top places in that international mental math contest.
In 2008: senior students were trained for national/world scale math competitions including AMC8/10/12 and MATHCOUNTSs. The "Mathlete Team" was established.
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