Tabtor & The Human Calculator® Launch the "Tabtor Math Idol Challenge" with The Human Calculator

KENDALL PARK, N.J., March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tabtor, a market leader offering personalized and instructor-led math tutoring program, has teamed up with The Human Calculator®, Scott Flansburg, to make 2015 "The Year of Math".  The partnership is aimed at helping elementary and middle school students overcome their fear of math and hone their skills by adding a healthy bit of fun and light-hearted competition to math learning.

Tabtor and Flansburg today announced the kickoff of the "Tabtor Math Idol Challenge" with The Human Calculator, a contest that allows individual students and schools to compete in a grade and skill level-appropriate contest for cool prizes while learning.  Prizes include PS4, iPods and a chance to Skype with Scott Flansburg, whose super-human skills earned him the current Guinness World Record as "Fastest Human Calculator."  Top participating classrooms will also be eligible to have a pizza party.

To participate, kids can have their parents sign them up at the Tabtor Math Idol Challenge site at http://www.math-idol.com/, and download the free Tabtor Math app.  This is available on iPad and Android tablets at the Apple App Store or via GooglePlay. Questions are customized by grade level and math proficiency. Scores are calculated according to the number of correct answers and the time it takes participants to respond to the questions.

The contest runs from March 16 until May 31, 2015 and questions are drawn from the most effective curricula worldwide to facilitate student learning.  When the contest ends, prizes will be awarded to the top individual scorers in each grade. A competition leaderboard will allow participants to keep track of how competitors are faring throughout the contest.  More details on contest rules and eligibility are available at the contest website.

Parents who enter their children in the Tabtor Math Idol Challenge will receive a free Mastery Matrix ($100 value) based on their child's performance in the grade level-appropriate contest.  This matrix visually represents their child's areas of strengths and weaknesses. Parents also receive a free two-week trial of the Tabtor math tutoring program, which is transforming student performance in math worldwide with a highly personalized learning experience.

"Math is intimidating to a lot of kids, and because they think it's so hard, they don't like to practice, so their performance suffers as a result. It's a perpetual cycle that isn't just reflected on their individual report cards—the math deficit in the U.S. is a threat to our nation's overall economic stability," said Raj Valli, founder of Tabtor. "In teaming up with the incredibly talented "The Human Calculator" for the Tabtor Math Idol Challenge, our goal is to show kids that math isn't as intimidating and scary as they might think. We want to get them excited and energized about enhancing their math skills and to encourage their friends to try the Challenge, too. By competing with one another, they can not only improve their own math performance, but also help other kids who may be struggling, too."

As part of "The Year of Math" program, Flansburg will embark on a whistle-stop tour starting March 16, visiting students in Kindergarten through fifth grade at some four dozen schools, entertaining kids with his remarkable mental addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills. Along the way, Flansburg will encourage kids to participate in the Tabtor Math Idol Challenge and spur some good-natured competition between classmates and schools.

"I've presented to thousands of students and adults over the past 20 years, telling them that math can be easy if you make it fun, that it's not something to be afraid of and that anyone can be good at math once you find a way to learn that works for you," Flansburg said. "But now, working with Tabtor, we finally have the tools to actually help them get there—to learn more, faster and have fun challenging their friends in the process."

About Tabtor
Tabtor is a flagship educational technology platform from PrazAs Learning, Inc., and is designed to completely transform the way the world looks at learning. The platform provides teachers and students with a highly personalized learning experience, which focuses on the point of learning for each student. Currently available on iPads and recently launched on Android tablets, Tabtor is an innovative digital offering that combines best of personalized teaching with a fun and engaging learning program that supports multiple subjects. It is tailored to every student using a combination of patent-pending digital-paper technology that allows sharing and review of handwritten work, automatic grading, video tutorials, and adaptive analytics. For more information, visit www.tabtor.com.

About The Human Calculator
Scott Flansburg is The Human Calculator®, one of only a handful of people on the planet with his remarkable ability to perform mathematical calculations at superhuman speeds. Nicknamed, the Human Calculator®, Scott currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Fastest Human Calculator" by adding the same number to itself more times in 15 seconds than a person can do using a calculator. Scott's amazing ability allows him to perform high-speed arithmetic in his mind without the use of any props. And he is a passionate speaker who loves to share his gift with others. Scott teaches his nontraditional but effective proprietary mathematics system to adults and kids of all ages helping them to turn on the human calculator in their own minds. With over 20 years experience as an elite "edutainer," Scott speaks to educators, parents, corporate leaders, and thousands of kids each year around the world, showcasing his skills while teaching them about mathematics. His mission is to help people improve their basic arithmetic skills regardless of their ages, and convince them that mathematics can be fun and empowering.

SOURCE PrazAs Learning, Inc.