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Junior high school begins revision classes using Nintendo DS

Friday, 15 February 2008

A junior high school in Tokyo's Suginami-ku has started special lessons for elementary school students about to enter junior high school using the popular Nintendo DS console, it has been learned.

The special classes at Wada Junior High School are dubbed "Dotera Junior." "Dotera" is a shorted form of "Saturday terakoya." Terakoya, or temple schools, were educational institutions for children of the Edo period in Japan.

In the classes, Nintendo DS consoles will be used with calculation software, enabling students to practice calculation techniques ranging from addition to calculation of fractions.

Wada Junior High School earlier gained attention after introducing paid "evening special" lessons for junior high school students preparing to advance to high school.

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