Complete Gao Kao Review Plan -- Mathematics (Student Book)

Author: Xiao Zhongyuan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The format originates from first-line research in senior high schools, emphasizing "practicality"; organized by exam points in lesson sequences for ease of classroom use; meticulously crafted by top-tier teachers from renowned schools, striving for "zero errors"; focuses on "medium-difficulty questions" to strengthen foundational knowledge; The Complete Quality High School Review Plan is a well-known brand of exam preparation materials developed by Beijing Complete Quality Education Research Institute. It is the "first series of systematic high school review textbooks in China," emphasizing fundamentals, capturing the times, reflecting regional characteristics, highlighting comprehensiveness, and strictly following lesson-based writing to truly enter the classroom, serving as an operational carrier for efficient review by teachers and students, maximizing review efficiency. Since its launch, the book has been warmly welcomed and highly recognized by senior high school teachers and students.
To better grasp the new trends of the 2006 high school entrance exam reform, we organized a joint writing effort by senior-level teachers, subject leaders, and experienced exam research experts from dozens of top national demonstration high schools across the country to develop the 2006 edition of The Complete Quality High School Review Plan (including teacher and student editions), providing a scientific and comprehensive preparation plan for senior high school teachers and students. "No mistakes, innovation, and practicality" are the core design philosophies of the book.
"No mistakes" — We integrated educational resources from dozens of top-tier schools and teachers across the country, with experts overseeing every stage from initial conception to final proofreading, and top teachers refining every detail, embedding their professionalism into every part and nuance of the book. After three rounds of review and five rounds of proofreading, we further had experts and first-line senior high school teachers review and refine the content in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Tianjin, Beijing, Anhui, Chongqing, Liaoning, Shandong, and Sichuan. We conducted time-limited trials in over 100 key high schools and ordinary schools in urban and rural areas, promptly correcting any errors or imperfections found during review or trial use, striving for "zero mistakes" to ensure readers feel confident in purchasing, using, and excelling in the exam.
"Innovation" — The book's format is entirely based on research among frontline teachers and students, listening to the most authentic voices from senior high school classrooms, fully respecting the actual needs of senior high school review teaching. Designed according to the exam points sequence specified in the Exam Syllabus, it truly "enters the classroom," facilitating effective interaction between teaching and learning and maximizing review efficiency.
"Content" is the guarantee of the book's intrinsic quality. For The Complete Quality High School Review Plan, content innovation lies more in the completeness and fluidity of the approach and process, the scientific and novel yet effective review strategies provided, the rich and valuable preparation resources, and the fresh examples, exercises, and test questions. These are closely linked to production, social life, and the latest technological and cultural developments, focusing on hot and focal issues. We organized a large team of exam question-setting experts to compile new questions representing the trends of the exam reform under new contexts and scenarios, incorporating the latest exam questions or mock questions from professional journals, rephrasing classic questions from new perspectives, accurately guiding the direction of high school review, and imbuing the book with a strong sense of the times.
"Practicality" — the actual needs of the first-round high school review, fully implementing the spirit of the Exam Syllabus from the Ministry of Education's Exam Center, which emphasizes "medium-difficulty questions as the main focus," focusing on solidly strengthening foundational knowledge and ensuring students can reliably secure basic scores while preparing for challenging questions in terms of knowledge, skills, methods, and mindset. The book always adheres to a human-centered philosophy, putting readers first in its design. For example, in the Student Edition of The Complete Quality High School Review Plan, ample space is left for answering, supplementary one-round unit are designed for convenience and grading, and valuable preparation materials are appended at the end to provide a platform for students to summarize, synthesize, and reflect on exam points.
The book's format design and presentation style highlight practicality:
1. At the beginning of each chapter (unit), "Knowledge Framework," "Review Strategies and Key Points," and "Lesson Allocation" are designed.
2. Lesson format: "Pre-Class Warm-Up" presents basic knowledge and skills related to exam points in the form of exercises, preparing the necessary knowledge foundation for classroom review or exposing knowledge gaps to be addressed as key or difficult points in class, enhancing the targeting and effectiveness of review.
- Exam Points, Difficult Points, Hot Points: Analyze each exam point required by the Exam Syllabus to help students build a systematic knowledge network, explain key and difficult points, highlight common exam points, point out easily mistaken points, and provide insights into focal and hot issues.
- Ability and Thinking Methods: Select representative examples, provide detailed analysis, emphasize problem-solving methods, key points, and answer techniques, and extend knowledge and skills through timely application. Examples are designed in a tiered structure, progressing smoothly and naturally. In addition to general typical examples, recent high school exam questions are included as samples. For all examples, not only are they explained and evaluated at the exam level, but patterns and methods are also suggested from a preparation perspective, thinking is expanded, pitfalls are warned, problem-solving skills are cultivated, and exam techniques are grasped.
- Expansion and Integration: Deepen and expand on exam point knowledge, targeting exam reform trends, focusing on innovative design under new contexts and scenarios, integrating and innovating knowledge, providing hints for problem-solving strategies and standardized problem-solving processes, demonstrating methods, and showcasing details. This section can also be considered as supplementary examples for teachers' lectures, with questions designed to be forward-looking, comprehensive, open-ended, exploratory, and applied, broadening students' horizons.
- Zero-Distance Experience: This section provides reinforcement training for the exam points of the lesson, with exercises designed in tiers from easy to difficult, with annotations for difficult questions and detailed solutions for medium-difficulty and above. The question volume is moderate, determined after repeated trials and modifications by students. This section emphasizes the novelty of materials and the exploratory nature of questions, showcasing the new scenarios and approaches of high school exam preparation, allowing students to experience the exam firsthand and enhance their competitiveness.
- Summary, Reflection, and Insights: "Learning without reflection is futile," this section provides a platform for students to summarize, synthesize, and reflect on knowledge and skills, guiding them to internalize exam methods and strategies through reflection.
3. Supplementary one-round unit (published independently in July 2005): Designed as, with question types, volumes, and scoring values identical to the national exam or self-designed provincial exams, fully incorporating the latest 2005 mock questions and exam questions. All questions are accompanied by detailed solutions, standardized answer processes, and scoring criteria, facilitating use by students and grading by teachers, making it highly valuable for training.
The Complete Quality High School Review Plan upholds a concise, fluid, and fresh writing style, simplifying complexity, being concise yet meaningful, focusing on key insights, pursuing efficiency and practicality, allowing candidates to confidently face the exam with the most economical time and precise training. "Complete Quality" is the phonetic translation of English "Champion," where "champion" means a champion or a winner. The name of this series, The Complete Quality High School Review Plan, not only reflects our relentless pursuit of design and writing but also embodies our best wishes for countless candidates.