Ho Math and Chess™ of Illinois
An SES provider approved by the Illinois State Board of Education.
For details on this innovative math tutoring program, please call John at 773-414-2967.
What is Ho Math and Chess™?
Ho Math and Chess of Illinois is an innovative and successful tutoring program that specializes in teaching math for grades 1-8. Chess is used as a learning tool to improve students’ problem-solving abilities and critical thinking skills in the areas of logic, pattern recognition, perception, coordination, spatial relations, decision-making, and visualization. We provide individualized tutoring for each student with a low student-teacher ratio of 10:1 and 60 hours of instruction. Our program offers bilingual instruction in Spanish and several other languages and fully accommodates all students with disabilities or Limited English Proficiency. Services are provided at no cost to you and take place at your child’s school. We also include instruction in Math Extended Response Writing for the ISAT Test. Free access to an online integrated learning system in both math and reading is included as well as part of this program.
Ho Math and Chess™ is an internationally franchised learning center, which specializes in teaching math using chess as part of its teaching tools. It was established in Vancouver, Canada in 1995 by Canadian certified math teacher Frank Ho, as a supplemental mathematics tutoring provider. Over 12,000 students have been serviced since then and today it has 11 locations worldwide. Mr. John P. Buky, manager of Ho Math and Chess of Illinois™, is very pleased to bring this innovative math teaching method to the state of Illinois. John is a certified and experienced teacher and chess coach, also having done pioneering work in the fields of education and chess. John serves as a member of the United States Chess Federation Chess in Education Committee.
How is Ho Math and Chess™ different from others?
A myriad of research supports the educational benefits of chess, so that by using chess as a component of mathematics instruction, the learning effect is multiplied. Ho Math and Chess™ created the world’s first math and chess integrated workbook for elementary students. These proprietary and copyrighted teaching materials are created in multi-concept, multidirectional, and multi-step formats to further stimulate students’ interest in learning mathematics. Its workbook and teaching method have been field-tested in Vancouver, Canada for over 10 years and is proven to be effective in improving student’s math scores. Testimonials may be found at: http://www.mathandchess.com/math_chess_testimonials.html.
How does Ho Math and Chess™ of Illinois help children learn math?
Not only does Ho Math and Chess™ emphasize computation skills, students can also improve their critical thinking and problem solving skills by working on integrated math and chess workbooks. Our program encourages students to tap into their potential and curiosity using a variety of mathematical chess puzzles worksheets and problem-solving materials. The diversity of our curriculum is flexible enough to meet all students’ individual and unique learning needs and styles.
What is the mission of Ho Math and Chess™ of Illinois?
The mission of Ho Math and Chess™ of Illinois is to challenge each student's potential to the fullest and to excel each student's problem-solving abilities to the highest by providing a unique and enriched mathematics curriculum. Our goal is to build a solid mathematics foundation for each student while improving their critical and independent thinking abilities, confidence, self-respect, and skills necessary for lifelong researching and learning.
Please contact Ho Math and Chess of Illinois for more information.
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Chess for Math Curriculum by Frank Ho
Ho Math and Chess Research and Articles
Ho Math and Chess is continuing research in finding and creating the most suitable and effective teaching math material using chess. We are adding more products in our specialized areas and new ideas in producing more workbooks etc.
All materials authored by Frank Ho are copyright protected. Please do not distribute without prior written permission from Frank Ho.
Most of our research articles are related to math and chess issues and they are excellent sources of information if you want to know more about how math and chess is related.
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Math Tutoring Tips - Common Computation Errors Made by High School Students
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The Case for Chess as a Tool to Develop Our Children's Minds
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A wisdom and intellectual pursual - Chinese Article on Chess