Olympic Mathematics is really a subject that makes middle school students happy and worried. Because of the Olympics, some middle school students become "excellent students" in the eyes of teachers, and some middle school students become "stupid children" in the eyes of parents. However, learning Olympiad is not used to distinguish children's intelligence level, and some unreasonable forms cover up the real significance of the existence of Olympiad to some extent.
In the process of learning olympiad, teachers and parents should first tell their children the significance of learning olympiad, instead of blindly telling them knowledge to evaluate their academic performance, which will only increase the pressure on children to learn olympiad. If mathematics is gymnastics of thinking, then Olympiad should be regarded as competitive gymnastics. Actually, the olympiad is not mysterious. There are also various problems in our life. We can have a lot of fun by studying Olympic Mathematics, which is also of great help to other disciplines. Olympic Mathematics has greatly stimulated students' interest in learning mathematics, and it has also become a useful activity to guide young people to be positive, explore actively and grow up healthily.
Second, the advantages and disadvantages of junior high school mathematics Olympics
(A) the advantages of junior high school Olympic Games
First of all, learning Olympic Mathematics can develop the brain, stimulate students' subconscious and logical thinking and discrimination ability, and contribute to students' all-round development. Many junior high school students feel that they are basically not good at Olympiad after entering junior high school, and they will be even more useless in the future, thus resisting learning Olympiad. In fact, the study of Olympic mathematics can help students to enhance their logical thinking ability and master good learning methods. Olympic Mathematics can make students study mathematics easily, free up more time to study other subjects, help to improve work efficiency and exercise the spirit of overcoming learning difficulties. This shows that the help of Olympic Mathematics to our study should not be underestimated.
(B) the disadvantages of junior high school Olympic mathematics
Through interviews, we know that most students have a timid psychology about Olympic Mathematics, which is beyond the scope of their textbooks. The arrangement problem involved in many high school textbooks even appears in the topic of junior high school Olympic Mathematics. The person in charge of the senior three mathematics department of a provincial-level first-class school in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, believes that a new problem has emerged in the Olympic Mathematics, that is, the knowledge points of senior three mathematics are advanced, which is not conducive to the subsequent development of students and seriously affects the normal mathematics course study. A lot of data also show that the Olympic math training in primary and secondary schools always makes students put too much energy into low-level repetitive training, so that students are bored with Olympic math. In addition, middle school students attend classes during the day, do homework at night, and make up lessons at weekends. Without enough rest time, their learning efficiency will be greatly reduced, and some students will even lose confidence in their studies. From the perspective of pedagogy and psychology, there are some disadvantages in junior high school students' learning Olympic Mathematics, and the possible harm is immeasurable.
Third, grasp the scale of junior high school Olympic mathematics teaching
When some teachers teach Olympic Mathematics, they mainly talk about problems, ignoring students' divergent thinking, which leads to the emergence of students who are not good at mechanical thinking, leaving students helpless once they encounter problems other than problems. In fact, it is of little use to learn Olympiad Mathematics, even if you do well in the exam, because Olympiad Mathematics is mainly to train students' thinking.
Generally speaking, students' differences in acceptance and understanding should also be acknowledged in learning Olympic Mathematics. Therefore, when teachers teach junior high school students to learn Olympic Mathematics, they should also vary from person to person. Teachers don't have to take exams to master students' learning situation. They can evaluate students' learning effect by evaluating their thinking. We should pay attention to cultivating students' good study habits and thinking habits, and help them overcome the difficulties and obstacles encountered in their studies. At the same time, it is also necessary to stimulate students' interest in Olympic Mathematics and establish students' learning confidence.
In this case, parents can give guidance when their children encounter difficulties in doing problems, test their children's learning situation in the Olympic math class, urge their children to complete their homework, and consolidate their thinking of solving problems in learning Olympic math. They should not put pressure on their children, but should encourage them to learn Olympic Mathematics and enhance their learning confidence. Only in this way can we grasp the scale in junior high school Olympic mathematics teaching, so that the study of Olympic mathematics can really bring fruitful results to students, and also let them constantly train their thinking and improve their learning ability.