

On April 14th, 2012, in Chengdu, the students who took the Olympic Mathematics Examination walked out of the examination room. (Information photo photography Wu Xiaochuan)
Who is the Olympics suitable for?
Chen Ping, an expert on the proposition of the National Primary School Olympiad 4 Cup, believes that only 5% of the people are suitable for Olympic math training & mdash; 8%。 Even if the National People’s Congress is attached to the middle school, less than 15% of the students are suitable.
Teacher Fan of Southwest Jiaotong University believes that whether primary school students are suitable for learning Olympic Mathematics should not be simply based on math scores.
There is something wrong with olympiad
Chen Ping believes that the current penetration rate of the Olympic Mathematical Market has far exceeded the reasonable range, which is not beneficial to unsuitable students.
In addition, the Olympic Mathematics is only a supplement to the expansion of school learning, and should not be used as an indicator for further studies.
Recently, a post about elementary school olympiad was frequently forwarded in the circle of friends. After reading the post, many people shouted "the topic is poisonous", and some netizens vomited, "Is this to train students into a neurotic patient?"
For being "hacked" again, many Olympic math teachers even called "lying guns". Chen Ping, director of the National Organizing Committee for Exploring the Mathematics Garden (Spring Cup), clarified to the reporter of Huaxi Dushi Bao that the topics in the post are not Olympic math questions — — This "Olympiad Mathematics in Primary School" question is adapted from some IQ tests in the early years of the United States.
In response to Olympiad Education’s query, Chen Ping said frankly that only 5% of the students are suitable for Olympic Mathematics training & mdash; 8%, but at present, the penetration rate of the Olympic Games market has far exceeded the reasonable range, which is not good for unsuitable students.
In addition, Teacher Fan, who teaches mathematics at Southwest Jiaotong University, believes that whether primary school students are suitable for learning Olympic Mathematics should not simply examine their math scores, but also their reaction and interest in math problems.
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Recently, a post about primary school Olympic math was frequently forwarded in the circle of friends, and parents vomited: this Olympic math problem is too unusual. Look — —
How many questions can you do correctly in this "Primary School Olympiad"?
1. (Jiangsu Nanjing Grade Four) Observe the following Chinese characters and find the rules to fill in the blanks.
Ligan and Tian A, Feng B, Lin C, Huo D, Shan
"Is this really a math problem?" The netizen picked up his skull, "‘ Force ’ 2 pens, ‘ Fuck ’ 3 pens, ‘ And ’ 3 pens, amount … … It seems that strokes don’t work. "
The announcement of the answer made everyone "cry": choose A, because every word has a cross structure.
The next topic continues to "torment" netizens.
2. (Jiangsu Yancheng Grade 4) Observe the following Chinese characters and find the rules to fill in the blanks.
Xigang Kouri A, A B, Hui C, Chang D, Tong
"strokes? There is no hope. Cross? I didn’t do it How many sections are closed? Who can show me the way! "
Seeing the answer, netizens can only "surrender": choose C. The first word has a right angle, the second word has two, the third word has four and the fourth word has eight, so the fifth word must have 16 right angles.
"Right angle? Isn’t it for graphics? " "Right angle in Chinese characters? What is this God perspective? " Helpless netizens silently saw the next question:
3. (Shandong Jinan Grade 3) Find a rule to fill in the blanks.
1,10,5,4,7,,9,6
"Well, finally have a math problem. Let me see how the option uses exclusion. "
Options: A, I B, Love C, Count D, Learn "is a Chinese character? Does the stroke of the word represent the answer? For example, ‘ I ’ It is 7 paintings and the answer is 7, so choose A. "
After thinking hard, seeing the answer, netizens can’t calm down: choose D. These numbers are arranged in the order of the first sound, the second sound, the third sound and the fourth sound, and "learning" is the second sound.
Seeing the last question, the netizen breathed a sigh of relief, "the authentic math problem is coming."
4. (Guangdong, Guangzhou, Grade 6) Observe the following figures and find the rules.
1,4,3,11,2,0,7,12,6,,8,30…
A.9 B.14 C。 -1 D.32 the answer is a. Why? The analysis is as follows: after the topic is changed into English, it is one, four, three, seven, two, zero, seven, twenty, six, eight, thirty… There should be a four-letter word in brackets, and only nine matches it.
"Can’t you have a good mathematical solution?" Some netizens left a message, "I still tore up the first prize certificate of the Olympic Mathematics."
After the topic was highlighted, the post showed his point of view, "The primary school olympiad is very unhappy — — Too anti-human! " The poster thinks that it is not advisable for children to be immature and impose too many messy things.
However, many Olympic math teachers have "cried grievances" about this, saying that the topic in the post is not an Olympic math topic. This time, the brush screen is purely lying down.
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The Olympic math test questions have to be mathematical questions, and these questions have nothing to do with mathematics except simple numerical relations.
The IQ test questions are "olympiad" when they are compiled and turned around.
If this is not an Olympic math problem, what is it?
On September 12th, the reporter of Huaxi Dushi Bao contacted Chen Ping, director of the National Organizing Committee of Mathematics Garden Exploration (Spring Cup), who is now presiding over or participating in three competition propositions in the 4 major primary school Olympic Games, and at the same time providing attractive IQ test questions for many lT and financial enterprises listed on the main board or in the United States.
Chen Ping made it clear that the topics in the post are not Olympic math questions. First of all, the Olympic math test questions have to be mathematical questions, and these questions have nothing to do with mathematics except simple numerical relations. Secondly, the Olympic math test questions require rigor and objectivity, and there is only one correct answer, but these questions have more than one correct answer.
Tracing back to the source, Chen Ping believes that these questions with the label of elementary school olympiad first came from some IQ test questions in the early years of the United States, and then they were adapted by a few people and copied from each other inside and outside the circle.
"IQ test questions are very different from Olympic math questions." Chen Ping said that the Olympic Mathematics is based on mathematics and emphasizes corresponding thinking. Good Olympic Mathematics questions require higher thinking depth. The IQ test questions test the thinking level of participating users in different aspects through different types of questions and different directions. A similar assessment has been made in the early training sea election divination of the middle school affiliated to Beijing People’s Congress. "But it is always used, and the IQ test is not allowed. Now, the IQ tests of the National People’s University High School and the United States are constantly changing. "
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What kind of children are suitable for learning Olympic Mathematics? It must be combined with students’ thinking ability, interest level and will quality.
Olympic math expert: being tied up for further study is the key to the problem
All along, the Olympic Mathematics has been at the forefront. Some people say that it is a good way to exercise thinking, and some people say that it is a villain who tortures students.
Ms. Wen’s sons in the sixth grade all scored more than 115 points in mathematics (with a total score of 120 points). She said that the Olympic Mathematics has promoted her son’s interest in mathematics, and he has more ideas to solve problems after learning. Mr. Yu said that in fact, his children are not interested in the Olympic Mathematics. "But considering that they may become extra points when they go to school, let him try to learn."
Regarding the current situation of Olympic Mathematics, Chen Ping responded that Olympic Mathematics training was originally aimed at a specific group of people, and only 5%-mdash; 8% of the population. At present, the penetration rate of the Olympic Mathematics market has far exceeded the reasonable range, which is not beneficial to unsuitable students.
What kind of children are suitable for learning Olympic Mathematics? Chen Ping said that it depends on students’ thinking ability, interest level and will quality. If students do not meet the requirements, then teachers can only make them memorize, but this is not conducive to the growth of students. In addition, the serious expansion of Olympic Mathematics will also lead to uneven teachers of Olympic Mathematics. In the 1990s, there were only twenty or thirty qualified Olympic math teachers in Beijing, and now there are thousands of them.
Finally, Chen Ping bluntly said that the Olympic Mathematics is only an expansion and supplement to on-campus learning, and should not be used as an indicator for further studies.
Math teacher: Good math scores may not work.
In the Olympic Mathematics class, you can often see the first-year students. In this regard, Teacher Fan, a traffic math teacher in Southwest China, believes that although his children are good at math, they only enrolled in the off-campus math competition training in the next semester of the fifth grade. If parents can’t coach their children, it is recommended to take part in the third and fourth grades. In the primary stage of primary school, we should cultivate other hobbies.
"Parents should also evaluate their children’s learning." Teacher Fan believes that the basic knowledge should be paid attention to in the study of Olympic Mathematics, and many students ignore the study of definition concepts and only use formulas to solve problems, which can not lay a good mathematical foundation and thus lose the significance of learning.
Teacher Fan believes that for primary school students, whether it is suitable to learn Olympic Mathematics should not simply look at their math scores, but also look at their reaction and interest in math problems. Although many practical and careful students can get good grades, they are not sensitive enough to mathematics and are not suitable for participating in competitions.
Teacher Fan said that there is no original sin in the Olympiad itself. If it is out of children’s own interest, it is definitely beneficial to learn more. However, once the olympiad is linked to utilitarian purposes such as adding points and winning prizes, it becomes a burden and even a nightmare.
Huaxi Dushi Bao reporter Mao Yuting
Reporter’s notes
Who alienated the Olympiad?
Competition mathematics has existed for a long time, and the word "Olympiad Mathematics" was born in the 1960s and 1970s. In line with the Olympic spirit, China children have won many honors internationally. Therefore, parents yearn for a "child prodigy" at home, or force or persuade them to send their children to the Olympics class.
Or for the sake of honor, some schools also use Olympiad as an admission index by stealth. As a result, the coverage of the Olympic Games market in first-tier cities has reached 70%. In the interview, Chen Ping bluntly said that even in the middle school attached to the National People’s Congress, it was only 10%— 15% students are suitable for Olympic Mathematics training.
But what about the students of "National Olympics"? Some people can’t solve the problem, have a fear of difficulties, and even recite the problem in order to achieve the expected effect.
Under the "magic" of the baton, both the child and the Olympiad lost their natural features. Olympiad Mathematics, like music and airplane models, can make children’s thinking grow freely. Once it is linked with utilitarian purposes, it is no longer a specialty and interest that inspires children, but a nightmare that tortures people.
Is this the fault of Olympiad? Olympic Mathematics should be regarded as a learning hobby rather than a nightmare in the eyes of some parents and students. There is no original sin in the Olympiad itself, but it is wrong to use it as a "tool" for further study. Let the Olympiad grow freely and let the children grow naturally, which is the purpose of the Olympic Games.