Developed over 35 years ago in Japan by Toru Kumon to help his son, Kumon helps students internalize basic math skills, extend concentration, and develop task commitment. Kumon is extremely sequential, thorough, and systematic. Students are given a diagnostic test to determine their level of mastery. Mastery means the ability to complete a set of problems accurately within a specified time frame. If there are mistakes, the student corrects them.
Students master a concept before they move on to another concept.
The Older Intermediate class, which is departmentalized, consists of a wide variety of language arts, science, math, PE, computer, Spanish, music, band, drama, art, and social studies classes. All students at this level take Kumon and are involved in independent research projects.