"This doesn't by any means show that memorization of calculations can assist in reasoning. A more reasonable explanation is that children who have received training in Kumon mathematics don't have anything against math, and after developing confidence in studying will have more interest in learning when they meet reasoning problems, and will take the initiative to think," explains Wu Wu-tien in more detail.
「這並不表示數字運算的熟練可以幫助推理，較合理的解釋是：受過功文數學訓練的孩子，對數學較不會排拒，在學習產生信心後，遇到其他推理性課程也會有興趣學習，主動思考」，吳武典進一步說明。