Ho Siew Yin

Name	Ho Siew Yin Currently pursuing PhD at NTU MEd, PGDE NTU, BSc NUS
Location	Room 7-03-17
Contact	(65) 6790 3916
Email	siewyin.ho@nie.edu.sg

Teaching Areas

Curriculum Studies Modules (Primary)

Research Interest

Teaching experiences in the schools paved the way for Siew Yin’s venture into education research. She is interested in helping children with learning difficulties in mathematics. Her research interest also encompasses visualization, the teaching and learning of geometry, and mathematics curriculum of various countries.

Selected Publications

	Ho, S. Y. (2007). Visualization in mathematical problem solving: Performance of students in a national examination-type problem. In J. H. Woo, H. C. Lew, K. S., Park & D. Y. Seo, (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Vol. 1, p. 312). Seoul, Korea: PME.
	Ho, S. Y. (2007). Allison: A case study of spatial visualization in mathematical problem solving. In C. S. Lim, S. Fatimah, G. Munirah, S. Hajar, M. Y. Hashimah, & W. L. Gan, et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Fourth East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education, (Vol. 1, pp. 43-50). Penang, Malaysia: School of Educational Studies & School of Mathematical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia.
	Ho, S. Y., & Yeap, B. H. (2006). A view from the Singapore mathematics classroom: Good practices and teacher development. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Education Research Association Conference 2006, Hong Kong.
	Ho, S. Y. (2005). Developing children’s visualization skill in problem solving: A description of use of textbooks activities. In S. Chaiyasang, P. Wongyai, & R. Janjaruporn, (Eds.), Proceedings of Symposium on Mathematics Education: Mathematical Problem Solving, (pp. 43-50). Thailand : Srinakharinwirot University.
	Ho, S. Y. (2003). Young children's concept of shape: Van hiele visualization level of geometric thinking. The Mathematics Educator, 7(2), 71-85.