Genetics and Variation: High School Biology (Second Edition)

Author: Du Dianhong (Editor-in-Chief), Chen Ming, Gao Shuihui (Editor-in-Chief for this volume)
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Publishing Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This series of books is designed with a step-by-step approach in its section layout. Each book is divided into two parts—"Basic Concepts" and "Comprehensive Application" (for high school, it is titled "3+X Comprehensive Application"). Each section in the "Basic Concepts" part is further divided into two columns: "Knowledge Point Analysis and Application" and "Broadening Horizons." The "Knowledge Point Analysis and Application" column focuses on thoroughly and clearly explaining the basic knowledge, helping students clarify the knowledge framework and firmly grasp the key points, laying a solid foundation for elevating their performance to a new level. The "Broadening Horizons" column is prepared for students to further enhance their achievements after solidly mastering the basic knowledge. As the saying goes, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." This is also the purpose of compiling this series. As the newly launched "Longmen Special Topics" by Longmen Bookstore, this series has the following features:
1. Specialization First
This series consists of 77 titles, and you can select the most practical and suitable ones according to your needs.
2. Detailed and Comprehensive Explanations
Since each book focuses on a specific topic, the explanations of knowledge points are naturally more detailed.
3. Time-Saving and Efficiency
Due to the concentrated nature of the "special topic" content, each book has relatively fewer pages, allowing students to select targeted materials and achieve a thorough understanding and mastery of a specific knowledge block in a shorter time.
4. Limited Scope
It combines "synchronization" and "asynchronicity" with the textbook. "Synchronization" means that all the knowledge points covered in the textbook are included in this series, each in its own volume. "Asynchronicity" refers to the fact that the books may not be arranged in the exact order of the textbook chapters but rather group a knowledge block into a coherent system.
5. Clear Priorities
Each book lists the proportion of points covered in this section in recent years' college entrance exams, enabling students to weigh the importance and improve efficiency accordingly.
Another feature of this series is its full reflection of the "lightening the load" spirit. The fundamental goal of "lightening the load" is to cultivate a new generation of versatile and knowledgeable talents, which is a crucial aspect of implementing quality education. In terms of teaching across subjects, only by improving teaching quality and efficiency can the true purpose of reducing students' workload be achieved. The books in this series are concise, with a clear focus and well-designed practice, greatly benefiting students in improving their relative efficiency in learning a specific topic. This is also the key focus that the authors deliberately pursue.