Kumon
Kumon Method
/ (ˈkuːmɔːn) /
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
Word Origin for Kumon
C20: named after its founder, Toru
Kumon (1914–95), a Japanese mathematics teacher