• Children who have undergone mental arithmetic classes achieved far better results in the following areas:  comprehension, mathematical abilities (including recognizing and understanding mathematical concepts, calculating abilities, and problem solving), and IQ test.
• Students who have had one or two years of learning of mental arithmetic program are found to possess a better grasp of mathematical concepts, calculation and are more efficient in solving mathematical problems than those who have less than one year training.  Thus, this indicates that the longer the children is exposed to such training, the better his mathematical abilities.

(source: National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan, Professor Huang Guo Rong).