Yang Le, a famous mathematician and academician of China Academy of Sciences, clearly pointed out that it is not advisable to popularize Olympiad Education on a large scale. He said, is the intensive training of Olympic mathematics or mathematics good for mathematics learning? I do not think this is necessarily the case. Because the purpose of intensive training for a period of time is not to let students study systematically, but to force them to instill skills to solve some local problems.
In this way, not only can students' mathematics learning ability not be improved, but some of their original interests may also be stifled and their study of other courses weakened, which is not conducive to students' all-round development.
Generally speaking, the olympiad was originally used to select students with mathematical talent for training, so the difficulty is naturally higher. But because of his extra points, many parents forced their children to learn Olympic Mathematics in order to get into a good school.
However, most children have no such talent and interest in mathematics, which seriously affects their enthusiasm for learning and increases their learning burden, but has a negative impact.
Essence of Olympic mathematics
1 welfare
The Olympic Mathematics is relatively in-depth, and the vigorous development of mathematical olympiad has greatly stimulated children's interest in learning mathematics, which has become a useful activity to guide them to be positive, explore actively and grow healthily.
There are many practical problems, such as counting, graph theory, logic, pigeon hole principle and so on. To solve this kind of problem, it is generally necessary to analyze and summarize the mathematical significance of the actual problem, abstract the actual problem into a mathematical problem, and then use the corresponding mathematical knowledge and methods to solve it.
2. Function
In this process of constructing mathematical model, students' ability to look at and deal with practical problems from a mathematical point of view can be effectively cultivated, students' awareness and ability to solve practical problems with mathematical language and models can be improved, and students' ability to reveal mathematical concepts and their relationships implied in practical problems can be improved.
In this creative thinking process, students can see the practical function of mathematics, feel the charm of mathematics and enhance their sensitivity to the beauty of mathematics. Today, with the emphasis on quality education, this educational function of Olympic mathematics has more important practical significance.
3. Shortcomings
Because of the emergence of various private competitions, "Zhankeng Class" developed violently, and most students began to hate math and Olympiad.