Experts at home and abroad have a heated discussion in Hangzhou: Why are China students' math scores so innovative that they are worse than the answers?
Why do China students learn math well? But at the same time, there are few innovative ideas and discoveries in mathematical research? Yesterday, hundreds of mathematics educators from the United States, Italy, Malaysia and other countries and their domestic counterparts gathered in Hangzhou to attend the international academic annual meeting sponsored by the China Mathematics Education Research Association. Cai Jinfa, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Delaware in the United States, said that China students' excellent mathematics achievements have attracted worldwide attention. "China's mathematics education has strict theory and standardized teaching, which is an excellent tradition." If China students' mathematics scores are put into international competitions, it will definitely be top-notch, but at the same time, China students also have obvious weaknesses in mathematics learning. Gong Zikan, a professor at the School of Science, Hangzhou Normal University, hit the nail on the head: "China students have invested a lot of time in mathematics study, but few students really like mathematics from the heart. China students can solve many math problems, but they are quite weak in math creativity. " To change the embarrassing situation of China students in mathematics, we should make mathematics learning more humane and let students know more about the history of mathematics. Tu Jinbao, president of the National Mathematics Education Research Association and a professor at Nanjing Normal University, believes that more attention should be paid to the history and culture of mathematics in mathematics learning. "Our current exam only tests students' results, so students only pay attention to the results, not to the process, which leads to their own inventions. Integrating the history of mathematics into classroom teaching is to let students understand the historical reasons of knowledge discovery and find the source of mathematics. "Professor Gong Zikun believes that making mathematics more humanistic can stimulate students' interest and perceive the richness and beauty of the mathematics kingdom through the humanistic connotation of mathematics.