The standard issued by the Ministry of Education 200 1 points out that the general goal of senior high school mathematics curriculum is to enable students to further improve their mathematics literacy as future citizens on the basis of nine-year compulsory education mathematics curriculum, so as to meet the needs of personal development and social progress. The specific objectives are as follows.

(1) Get the necessary basic knowledge and skills of mathematics, understand the essence of basic mathematical concepts and conclusions, understand the background and application of concepts and conclusions, and understand the mathematical ideas and methods contained in them, as well as their role in subsequent learning. Experience the process of mathematical discovery and creation through different forms of autonomous learning and inquiry activities.

(2) Improve the basic abilities of spatial imagination such as abstract generalization, reasoning, calculation and data processing.

(3) Improve the ability to raise, analyze and solve problems (including simple practical problems) with mathematics, express and communicate with mathematics, and develop the ability to acquire mathematical knowledge independently.

(4) Cultivate the consciousness of mathematical application and innovation, and try to think and judge some mathematical models contained in the real world.

(5) Improve interest in learning mathematics, establish confidence in learning mathematics well, and form persistent research spirit and scientific attitude.

(6) Have a certain mathematical vision, gradually understand the scientific value, application value and cultural value of mathematics, form critical habits, advocate the rational spirit of mathematics, and appreciate the aesthetic significance of mathematics, thus further establishing dialectical materialism and historical materialism world outlook.