Amanda Ho

Math 8 Amanda Ho

I have taught students from grade 1 to grade 12 since I opened the Vancouver Ho Math and Chess Learning Centre in 1995. I wanted students to learn basic computation skills by using the carefully designed worksheets in an intuitive way. These worksheets were being designed while I actually watched student's work and modified accordingly to their responses. One very noticeable computation format in Ho Math and Chess math workbooks is the way computation directions are presented - it is no longer just a linear fashion; instead, students work on computations in all kinds of directions: top down, bottom up, left to eight, right to left, diagonally, and even circular motion. My idea of using multi-direction, multi-operation, multi-procedure, multi-concept learning style is the very distinct and innovative way of creating these workbooks.