Elementary School Math Training: All Categories, Practice Makes Perfect. Grade 2

Author: Xu Biao
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Enhancing students' comprehensive qualities and developing their individual strengths cannot be achieved through last-minute cramming or by neglecting practicality and forcing growth. The development of students' intelligence and the improvement of their abilities is a gradual, long-term training process that spirals upwards. To support the development of extracurricular mathematics activities in primary schools and provide students with systematic training in mathematical Olympiad content, a group of experienced teachers were organized to write this series. Through the unique "one example, three exercises" format, it helps students systematically master the entire content of the Mathematical Olympiad, broaden their knowledge, grasp problem-solving methods and skills, and improve their test-taking and competition abilities. This series strives to embody the following characteristics:
Comprehensive and progressive. The series breaks down the entire content of primary school Mathematical Olympiad mathematics by grade, with 120 topics set for each grade, each topic serving as a training session. It also pays attention to the connection between grades, reflecting layers and gradients.
Based on fundamentals, aiming for improvement. Following the teaching content order of general textbooks (such as PEP and Jiangsu Education Press), the topics are designed based on students' actual knowledge structure and cognitive development levels, allowing them to expand their training after mastering basic textbook knowledge.
One example, three exercises—learn by analogy. For each topic, a "typical example" is selected from a vast pool of problems, with "Approach" providing analysis and guidance; "Detailed Solution" offering thorough or alternative solutions; and "Tips" summarizing and deepening the knowledge, methods, and techniques related to the example. Accompanying the example, three practice problems ("Good Questions for Practice") are set to match the knowledge points, enabling students to complete them independently and cultivate the ability to learn by analogy.
Up-to-date and aligned with the times. The content of examples and exercises incorporates problem types from recent mathematics competitions across various regions, reflecting modernity, fun, openness, exploration, and practicality. It also emphasizes close ties to real-life scenarios, guiding students to learn and apply mathematics in daily life.
During the writing process, this series referred to the essence of similar books, and sincere gratitude is expressed to them. Due to time constraints and the limitations of the authors, errors and shortcomings are inevitable. Suggestions and criticisms are warmly welcomed.