八年級菁英班數學課程教學計畫表

八年級菁英班數學課程教學計畫表

親愛的八年級家長和同學們: (有感而發 、不得不發!)

能考進海山的數學教師,先決條件是:學識與教學能力打敗千百個競爭對手!所以,個個都必須是數學領域“狀元級”的師資。

高手的數學潛能激發,當然需要真才實學的數學教學高手來創意引導;透過自學培訓、思考賞析與互動討論,活化、奠定、提升未來進階學習的功力,而不是長期受制於坊間機械化的反覆填鴨。

既是菁英,真正實質需要的是: “進階學習與潛能激發“,而不是填鴨補習。一味沈迷於反覆填鴨取分,看起來成績還好,但優質的心智與自學能力卻已被磨損得變笨拙了;要知道,菁英這般被糟蹋,對其未來躋身高中、大學以上的“做學問” 真本事,負面效應的影響甚鉅啊!

參加海山數學菁英班,八年級上學期將教完八年級上、下學期的所有數學課程,並重新複習全部七年級的課程;八年級下學期教完九年級的所有數學課程,並複習全部七、八年級的課程。融會貫通ㄧ年的數學菁英課程,你(妳)就有能力跟教你(妳)的狀元老師一樣,打敗眾多北北基菁英,至少具備在未來升學會考拿到滿分A++的實力;更積極培訓同學有才氣和能力,進階考取一流高中的數理資優班和科學班。

八年級上學期每週兩堂課(週ㄧ、三下午16:00~17:30),每堂連續上課90分鐘;每人只要繳交公定的552元課輔費,其他所有上課使用的自編書籍、教材、冷氣空調和小點心…全部免費!

一流的師資,一流的學生;海山數學菁英班,期待你(妳)的加入!!!

海山高中(國中部) 數學科領域召集人: 溫永靖 敬上 Sep. 12, 2016

About The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC)

About The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC)

The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) are the first of a series of competitions in high school mathematics that determine the United States team for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The selection process takes place over the course of roughly four stages. At the last stage, the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP), the United States coaches select six members to form the IMO team. The United States Math Team of 1994 is the only team ever to achieve a perfect score (all six members earned perfect marks), and is colloquially known as the “dream team".

There are three levels:

the AMC 8 is for students in grades 8 and below

the AMC 10 is for students in grades 10 and below

the AMC 12 is for students in grades 12 and below

Students who perform well on the AMC 10 or AMC 12 exams are invited to participate in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). Students who perform well on the AIME are then invited to the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) or United States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO). Students who do exceptionally well on the USAMO (typically around 30 students) are invited to go to the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP or more commonly, MOP), and six students are selected from the top twelve scorers on the USAMO (through yet another exam, the Team Selection Test (TST)) to form the United States International Math Olympiad Team.

American Mathematics Competitions is also the name of the organization, based in Washington, DC, responsible for creating, distributing and coordinating the American Mathematics Competitions contests, which include the American Mathematics Contest, AIME, and USAMO.

 

Purpose of the AMC 10/12

The main purpose of the AMC 10/12 is to spur interest in mathematics and to develop talent through the excitement of solving challenging problems in a timed multiple-choice format. The problems range from the very easy to the extremely difficult. Students who participate in the AMC 10/12 should find that most of the problems are challenging but within their grasp. The contest is intended for everyone from the average student at a typical school who enjoys mathematics to the very best student at the most special school.

A special purpose of the AMC 10/12 is to help identify those few students with truly exceptional mathematics talent. Students who are among the very best deserve some indication of how they stand relative to other students in the country and around the world. The AMC 10/12 provides one such indication, and it is the first in a series of examinations. The AMC 12 is one in a series of examinations (followed in the United States by the American Invitational Examination and the USA Mathematical Olympiad) that culminate in participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the most prestigious and difficult secondary mathematics examination in the world. In this way the very best young mathematicians are recognized, encouraged and developed. Another valuable comparison students can make is between their own level of achievement and their levels in previous years. In particular, they are encouraged to begin taking the contests early in their mathematics studies and to look back with pride each year on how they have learned to answer questions that they could not have answered previously.

※ An Additional Remark

The AMC 10 is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with algebra and geometry concepts.

Young-Chin Wen

New Taipei Municipal Hai-Shan High School.  September 03, 2016

數學?數學?數學!

數學 ?  數學 ?  數學 !                                            文 / 溫 永 靖

「數學不好」或「學不好數學」,幾乎是同學普遍的問題;而孩子數學學習成就低落更是家長共同的噩夢。就像我們說,有人愛打棒球,有人愛打籃球一樣,數學似乎也把人們分成大小兩個陣營,有些人是高手,有些人一竅不通;或者應該說他們「自認為」一竅不通,並且在第一次碰到不懂的符號時立刻劃地自限,而困惑於數學的抽象領域中。

在我們所學的各種科目中,數學是相當奇特的一科。不但很多人「怕」數學,即使被公認為很會「教」的老師,數學的教學問題仍是瓶頸重重。就連先進國家的數學教學系統,至今依然莫衷一是,不斷在研發新的教學法。

既然數學很難學,所以為了要學好數學,很多人拼命要孩子加深、加廣地練習。為了讓孩子明白「勤能補拙」的道理,就一定得讓孩子長期緊繃著神經學習,戰戰兢兢地苦練,大多數人,在類似這種僵化的學習歷程裡,得了「數學恐懼症」。即使有所獲,但對孩子成長過程中「創造力」與「潛能發展」想必阻礙甚鉅。

事實上,不僅是數學成績差的同學畏懼數學,許多數學成績不錯的孩子也怕得要命。太多沒有意義的機械練習與刁鑽題目,往往造成大部分的學子止於「到此一遊」的學習心態,演變成來日進階學習的障礙。根據筆者任教多年的經驗,我發現大多數的同學對數學的印象只是一堆不易理解的規則,將它們背下來並適當套用之後,就得出所謂正確答案了。獲許您會同意數學教育並非如此而需要修正了。

數學是由於日常生活上的實際需要而產生的。它隨著人類文明進步與生產發展而逐步累積與豐富起來,至今已發展成為一門極為龐大而包含眾多分支的學問。雖然這樣,它一如其他科學一般是由觀察與理解自然規律總結而來;故而,它一方面是具有抽象的特質,而另一方面卻又反映了具體的現實。這是因為自然的規律,並不僅是偶然而個別地獨立出現,它往往存在於許多不同的事象中,即使它們在表面上顯得毫無關係。因此,要學好數學這門科目便要培養自己能從不同的事物中,抽取其相同規律的能力。

瞭解數學產生的歷程與學習者需具備的能力,可以幫助我們在教與學的方法與態度上做出一些努力。

在教學者方面,熟稔國小至大學數學課程的脈絡關係,並努力針對目前國中課程中較抽象的部分如方程式、基本代數、幾何的特性等,將其數學本質,把它們從似乎是神聖不可攀及的壇上取下來,放在現實的物理世界中,在一個教學者與學習者共同熟悉的範疇下審視它。至於用來評量學習成果的題目,除非這個題目能讓孩子領悟一些什麼,否則它就是設計不良。

另一方面也要鼓勵學習數學的人要勇於嘗試。同學可以大膽地做某些題目,而不必在乎你自己會不會做那個題目;重要的事那種對事務追根究柢的毅力與恆心。誠然,「樂觀進取」與「考試滿分」在人生的價值上往往有相對的衡量。

有這麼一則故事:古埃及的一位國王托勒密(Ptolemy),曾向歐幾里德學習幾何。國王被一連串的公理、定義、定理弄得頭昏腦脹,便向歐幾里德請求道:「親愛的歐幾里德先生,能不能把您的幾何弄得簡單一些呢?」這位偉大的學者回答說:「幾何無王者之道!」(There is no royal road to geometry !)

人們常懷著對歐幾里德的欽佩之情和對這位國王的嘲諷之意談起這個故事。但在現今的數學「教」與「學」的環境下,我們倒要平心靜氣共同來省思。作為一個學生總是希望教師能把課講得精彩些、明白些,總是希望教材編得更容易看懂。而身為教師,也無不極盡所能,傾囊相授,總是希望同學能用心聽課,努力學會。在這一點上,國王的要求,其實道出了兩千年來數學教師和中學生們共同的心聲。

數學難學是眾所皆知的,既是如此,與其強調結果,毋寧看重過程;而數學的基本精神,實在於訓練對事物的思考與推理能力,並非單是標準答案的尋求。師生一起努力,在崎嶇的數學道上「瀟灑走一回」,也許入寶山依然空手而返,但彼此交會時互放的光亮,在健全人格的潛移默化下,或將化做他日會心的一笑。

By~ 溫 永 靖  08. 29. 2016