Kumon
Kumon Method
/ (ˈkuːmɔːn) /
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noun
- a method of teaching mathematics, reading, and languages in which students start at a level of work at which they have a firm grasp of facts and concepts and then, working at their own pace in an individualized study programme of problem-solving on worksheets, progress by small steps to more advanced levels of knowledge
- (as modifier)Kumon mathematics
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Word Origin for Kumon
C20: named after its founder, Toru Kumon (1914–95), a Japanese mathematics teacher
Words nearby Kumon
kümmel, Kümmell's spondylitis, Kummer, kummerbund, Kummerspeck, Kumon, kumquat, Kun, kuna, kundalini, Kundera
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