Teaching practical mathematics (arithmetic, basic algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry) to most students, which enables them to engage in trade or handicrafts.

3. Early education of abstract algebraic concepts (such as sets and functions).

4. Selective education in the field of mathematics (such as Euclid geometry) is an example of axiomatic system and a model of deductive reasoning.

5. Selective education in the field of mathematics (such as calculus) is an example of intellectual achievements in modern society.

6. Teach advanced mathematics to students who want to take science as their career.

7. The way of mathematics education is consistent with the goal of reform.

Extended data

Mathematics teachers must consciously grasp the purpose of mathematics teaching and implement it in the whole teaching process. There were two basic tendencies in the history of mathematics education:

1, a pragmatic tendency, regards mathematics as a practical course that helps to solve practical problems.

2. the tendency of formal training, taking mathematics as a course to exercise thinking.

These two basic tendencies have different development in different historical periods, and they are also reflected in modern mathematics education to varying degrees. The purpose of school mathematics teaching in China is to cultivate talents with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor according to the educational policy. Generally speaking, the provisions on the purpose of mathematics teaching include three aspects:

1, knowledge and skills requirements. Seriously study the basic mathematical knowledge and skills (commonly called "double basics") necessary for every citizen in modern society to adapt to daily life, participate in production and further study, including basic mathematical ideas and methods.

2. Requirements for capacity development. Cultivate mathematical operation ability, logical thinking ability and spatial imagination ability, and gradually form the ability to analyze and solve practical problems.

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