I saw a video on YouTube about a tutoring center in New York that teaches “Russian math” and apparently the kids see major improvements in their math abilities and the parents rave about it. Nowhere in the video did they actually explain what was different.

It’s been popping up on my social media again so now I’m really getting curious. I know the Soviet Union was strong in STEM education; what was their secret? One thing I read was that they start teaching math by using logic and matching problem and don’t introduce numbers until later, after the kids have developed their logic skills.

Can someone elaborate please? Thanks!