For a small number of students who are interested in and talented in mathematics, they can be encouraged to voluntarily participate in extracurricular interest groups, do some math problems appropriately, and participate in a small number of math competitions, but they can't engage in intensive training that works overtime, so that mathematics can return to the normal state of amateur interest.
Liu Wei, a math teacher in a middle school in Shenzhen, said: "Winning the Olympic Mathematical Games only played a role in stepping stones for these students to enter higher education. After entering university, this "brick" is often thrown away. Olympiad failed to make them like math.
Many students of Olympic Mathematics skip PE, music, art and other classes, do strange problems for a long time, and take part in a lot of Olympic Mathematics training and exams. "The spark of pure curiosity gradually died out." In some people's view, "Olympiad only plays the role of making students hate mathematics".
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Judging from the Olympic gold medal, China is already a powerful country. By the end of 20 12, China had participated in the 27th International Mathematical Olympiad, in which 17 ranked first and 6 ranked second.
In history, 158 students from China won 124 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 6 bronze medals. Academician Ma Zhiming, former chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society, told China Youth Daily that compared with foreign countries, various competitions in China, including the Olympic Games, are "too utilitarian".
He said that Bao Chau Ngo, Tao Zhexuan and others won the Olympic gold medal because of their interest in mathematics. China's Olympic Mathematics training is mechanized, and teaching students how to solve problems obliterates their innovative thinking.
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