Suddenly, like a night wind blowing, like a pear tree in bloom. "It is more appropriate to use this poem to describe the current college entrance examination book market. In recent years, with the enrollment expansion of colleges and universities, the heat wave of college entrance examination swept across the country, and college entrance examination books were overwhelming. It is reported that there are more than 500 publishing houses in China, of which 100 is involved in publishing college entrance examination books. At the same time, in 2004, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Chongqing successfully tried out the proposition of provincial autonomy. In 2005, the Ministry of Education agreed to increase the independent propositions of Shandong and Jiangxi provinces, and the independent propositions of Anhui and other provinces have also been put on the agenda.
With the increase of independent proposition provinces and cities in China, localized college entrance examination books are surging. In addition, since 2004, the publishing industry system reform, all kinds of capital into the publishing market. Some booksellers, booksellers and even construction contractors who didn't go to high school also spent a lot of money to set up studios to plan college entrance examination books.
Flowers are beautiful, overgrown with weeds, and there are no hooves. Faced with a variety of college entrance examination books, horses who are fighting for the 2005 college entrance examination are not sure how to choose, and they are even more afraid of going astray. To this end, the "Golden List of College Entrance Examination" is divided into several roads, looking around and consulting in all directions. It visited many book cities, book markets and schools in depth to find a reasonable way for the majority of candidates and parents to choose college entrance examination review materials.
A hundred flowers blossom, and the college entrance examination materials are all scanned.
65438+1October 18, in major bookstores in Chongqing, the reporter saw a large number of supplementary materials for the college entrance examination, and there were no less than 200 kinds of supplementary books specially tailored for the candidates of the college entrance examination in 2005.
The reporter found that in the face of a dazzling array of teaching AIDS, most students and parents seem to be at a loss. Except that the book buyer can accurately report the title with the teacher's recommended bibliography notes in his hand, others can only choose by "extensive reading". A student's parents told the college entrance examination reporter that they wanted to buy a college entrance examination supplementary book for their children, but she could not see the quality at all. It seems a pity to give up either one.
The reporter also noticed that many candidates stayed in the bookstore for more than half an hour and still had no way to start. A candidate who bought a book told reporters that he didn't know how to choose for a long time. Finally, he simply asked the assistant in the bookstore what teaching AIDS were good to sell and bought a few at random.
Through careful statistics by reporters, it is found that the college entrance examination books are mainly concentrated in these three categories:
1. subject consultation. There are relatively many kinds of such books, including 100 in Chongqing Book City alone. There are Peking University Publishing House's Zhihong Optimized Design Series-Senior High School General Review, Academy Publishing House's Zhihong Optimized Design Series-Senior High School General Review Optimized Design, Education Science Publishing House's College Entrance Examination General Review focusing on new questions, Peking University Gui Zhuang Red Book series's new test cases, Beijing Education Publishing House's 2005 test site's refined and refined complete works, and the 2005 college entrance examination by Mechanical Industry Publishing House's top students are prone to mistakes. ), Huanggang difficult course practice, the tendency and interpretation of college entrance examination propositions in 2005, the general review training of college entrance examination, the second round of general review of Longmen College Entrance Examination Special Edition Series by Longmen Bookstore, Huanggang Art of War by Guangxi Normal University Press, Research and Practice of 3+X College Entrance Examination in 2005 by Beijing University of Technology Press, and Linchuan Exam Case by beijing institute of technology press.
2. Simulated test questions. This is also a part that candidates are very concerned about, and the variety is also very complicated. There are Selected Simulated Test Papers of National Famous Key Middle Schools published by Machinery Industry Press, Compilation of 38 Simulated Test Papers of Tian Li published by people in Xizang Press, and Simulated Sample Papers of New Trends of College Entrance Examination in 2005 published by Beijing Education Press, among which the test papers of Huanggang in Hubei, Haidian in Beijing and Qidong in Jiangsu attract people's attention. On the cover of a set of test papers launched by Nanjing Normal University, the words "Jiangsu National College Entrance Examination, Qidong Jiangsu College Entrance Examination" are impressively printed, which makes people feel that it doesn't seem to be in line with the timing of "provincial proposition fever".
3. Overall guidance. This kind of books include psychological counseling for the college entrance examination, a guide to volunteering, and the learning experience of top scholars. And there are relatively few varieties. A staff member told the reporter that the series of voluntary guidance for college entrance examination compiled by magazines in and out of class are popular, among which "Required Reading for College Entrance Examination-A Practical Manual for National College Entrance Examination Candidates" published by Southwest Normal University Press and "Guide to Entrance Examination for Key Universities in 2005" published by Chongqing Press are newly listed, and many parents and candidates have bought them. This news was further confirmed when the reporter interviewed Mr. Zhou, a compulsory reading dealer in Fujian College Entrance Examination. He said that college entrance examination reading is a brand book of magazines inside and outside the classroom. This year, it was completely revised. Both senior three teachers and candidates think that the content is richer and more practical. He has sold 4500 copies of the required books for the college entrance examination, which has been well received by the market. Readers think it's worth spending 20 yuan on books! Moreover, booksellers are urging the matching "fractional line" to go public before the Spring Festival, and readers are anxious. In addition, there are books on the bookshelf, such as "A New Guide to College Enrollment and Volunteer Filling" by people from Tibet Publishing House. (At the time of writing this article, the scores compiled by magazines inside and outside the classroom have been listed, which has received enthusiastic response from parents of senior three teachers and students. )
The reporter learned in an interview with the school that teachers in senior three generally recommend some counseling materials to students according to their situation. Students' usual notes, mock exams and school papers are also good review materials. In addition, students and parents usually buy a lot of review materials. When interviewed by a key middle school in Chongqing, the reporter saw that almost every student had piles of review materials on his desk except textbooks.
Provincial proposition: local monks like to recite scriptures
On June 3rd, 2005, 65438 Beijing Fifth Publication Order Fair was held ceremoniously. In the colorful sea of books, the reporters who explore the golden periodicals of the college entrance examination see that the books and periodicals of the college entrance examination present the following characteristics: first, there are many new faces, and second, the localization is outstanding, which are all caused by the proposition of provinces.
In terms of new faces, many publications have changed their ways and turned their attention to the college entrance examination "Tangseng Meat". For example, the only child magazine sponsored by Wuhan University in Hubei Province has been renamed College Entrance Examination since the first issue in 2005, which is very similar to College Entrance Examination published in Sichuan.
The magazine Literature and History Materials sponsored by Nanjing Normal University was originally an academic publication for colleges and universities, but it was too high to be cold, so it was changed to College Entrance Examination Rice, and a series of materials for liberal arts college entrance examination were launched. In addition to the monthly magazines devoted to the college entrance examination, such as Golden Journal of the College Entrance Examination, Enrollment of Colleges and Universities, and Learning and Examination, many publications slightly related to senior high school study also follow suit and strive to launch the college entrance examination publications.
In terms of localization, all provincial publishers have launched the "local package of college entrance examination" under the banner of "provincial proposition of college entrance examination"; In addition, key universities in various provinces and regions, especially normal universities, are very concerned about the local college entrance examination. For example, the publishing houses of Northeast Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, Shaanxi Normal University and Guangxi Normal University have published a large number of college entrance examination books! Because, in the minds of candidates in various regions and provinces, it is often thought that these universities train famous teachers, specializing in education and college entrance examination, and their counseling books must have high gold content!
And these "sub-discipline" colleges want to occupy the local docks of the college entrance examination and carve up the national college entrance examination market in order to obtain greater profits. At the Beijing Ordering Fair, Mr. Hu Yongsheng, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Literature and History Information Magazine of Nanjing Normal University, said in an exchange with the editor-in-chief of College Entrance Examination Gold that the proposition of dividing the college entrance examination into provinces makes the college entrance examination book market mixed, and the college entrance examination periodicals distributed nationwide should be United to create fine products, clean up audio and video, and truly provide excellent college entrance examination counseling books and materials for candidates. No wonder they shouted the slogan, "Jiangsu is seen in the national college entrance examination, and Qidong is seen in the Jiangsu college entrance examination"!
In fact, Mr. Hu is absolutely right. In addition to the legally available college entrance examination books, there are many college entrance examination books written by provincial and municipal academies of education, relevant middle schools and relevant administrative departments. With the help of the excellent opportunity of "provincial proposition", through document subscription, forced apportionment and benefit sharing, all of them are pressed on candidates and parents, which is simply countless!
According to Hunan Daily, in September, 2004, some senior three students in Yongzhou No.4 Middle School reported that Yongzhou Education Bureau organized the teachers in this city to compile a set of materials by themselves, which was named "Review and Guidance Series for Xiaoxiang Talents (hereinafter referred to as Xiaoxiang Talents) DreamWorks". As soon as the students arrived at school, they distributed this set of books. Afterwards, everyone handed in more than 100, and didn't ask everyone if they would like to. However, a few days after receiving this set of books, teachers in all subjects asked students to change a kind of review materials, resulting in the loss of students 100 yuan. This is a big expense for those poor students.
The reporter's investigation found that most teachers think that the knowledge structure of many subjects of Xiaoxiang Yingcai is not comprehensive, with few questions and many mistakes. Compared with some famous materials used in the past, it has defects and is a grade lower. A chemistry teacher at the school told the reporter that the chemistry group unified this set of information. Teachers of other subjects only use part of the content, or don't teach this set of reference materials at all, only let students do the exercises inside.
To this end, the reporter interviewed Director Liu of Yongzhou Education Bureau. He said that there are a lot of review materials for the college entrance examination at present, and the quality is uneven. Students often spend a lot of money without buying good materials, which wastes both money and energy, which is not conducive to the college entrance examination. In order to make full use of Yongzhou's local educational resources and reduce students' burden of purchasing textbooks, the Municipal Education Science Research Center and the Municipal Key Middle School Principals Association proposed to organize teachers in this city to edit a set of college entrance examination review materials. This is the first time in this city that a teacher has compiled the review materials for the college entrance examination. He asked the organizers to ensure that the materials were cheap and good, and students could not be forced to buy them. At the same time, Director Liu also expressed the hope that after selecting this set of materials, the school should not buy other review materials, so as not to increase the financial burden of students.
The Golden Journal of College Entrance Examination thinks that perhaps many localized materials for college entrance examination review have such beautiful "motives", but only God knows what purpose they have really achieved.
Since 2004, the proposition of "dividing provinces" has been heated up, which is of course due to the publishers and distributors of college entrance examination books. In fact, the "provincial proposition" is based on textbooks, basic knowledge and the "examination instructions" of the Ministry of Education. The angles and types of test questions in different provinces have changed, but they remain unchanged. How valuable and necessary do you think it is for all provinces to introduce localized college entrance examination books? Is it for the benefit of candidates or economic benefits? "In fact, the original intention of the provincial proposition may be just to reduce the risk of the college entrance examination!" A senior college entrance examination research expert from Beijing Education Examinations Institute said in an interview with College Entrance Examination Gold, "In 2003, college entrance examination papers were stolen. If the test paper is divided into provinces, even if the test paper is stolen or leaked, the scope of the disaster will be greatly reduced. "
The "provincial proposition" reduces the political risk of the college entrance examination, but increases the economic burden of the college entrance examination. All provinces and cities should organize a huge team to make suggestions and keep secrets. It is reported that in 2004 alone, the college entrance examination in Zhejiang Province cost tens of millions. If a large number of books and materials are compiled, it will undoubtedly increase the double burden and waste of economy and energy for the majority of candidates, and even make candidates fail in the college entrance examination after paying great energy and financial resources.
The selection of materials focuses on fine words.
(A) the status quo of students eager to seek medical treatment
The word "in a hurry to see a doctor" is a vivid portrayal of the mood of many senior three students when they choose to review materials. Especially around March, when we entered the second stage of review, many students were even more panicked and in a hurry, eager to eat into a big fat man. In this case, they put their hopes on the review materials, hoping that a book or a review material can become a panacea and make their academic achievements leap by leaps and bounds at once. Therefore, many students and parents spend money on review materials without stint, or even spend a lot of money.
I think high investment will inevitably lead to high returns. It seems that buying more review materials will increase the possibility of improving academic performance and the chances of winning the college entrance examination.
Even if there are a few students who don't want to get lost in it, it is inevitable that they will be a little impatient when they see that the students around them are desperately buying review materials to do the questions. A reader of the gold medal list of the college entrance examination said in a letter to us: "My cousin who was admitted to Tsinghua told me that the most important thing is to master the basic knowledge in textbooks. However, I can't help being a little hairy when I see all the students around me reading all kinds of review materials. I don't know if I can read so many review materials? "
As we all know, there is a saying in medicine called "the right medicine". Similarly, even if reviewing materials is really a panacea, it must be symptomatic. Moreover, you must first make sure that you choose the really effective "real medicine" from the complicated review data market, not the "fake medicine".
(B) Experts suggest more vertical and horizontal comparisons.
Horizontal comparison, strict quality control. Teachers Zhu and He Shan, who have led the college entrance examination for many years, believe that when using the review materials for the college entrance examination, it is forbidden to be too many, miscellaneous, partial and chaotic; Never use review materials to replace all review methods; Never look for college entrance examination questions from the review materials; Never praise a place, a school or a certain kind of review materials blindly. A clear head, a scientific attitude and a proper choice are very important. Reviewing materials is a double-edged sword, which will get twice the result with half the effort if used properly, but the following points must be achieved: First, actively consult teachers. It is best to use the reference materials recommended by the teacher. Second, you should have your own opinions when buying, and pay attention to the practicality, systematicness and typicality of the topic and content. Whether there is guidance in solving the problem and whether the answer is complete. Third, we should consider our own economic endurance.
In addition, we also have the following suggestions for candidates to choose review materials:
1. Choose according to your own learning situation and interests, and don't blindly follow the crowd. After choosing, we should study, do and finish it in a planned way. Ask teachers and classmates if you don't understand.
2. Choose materials published by regular publishing houses. Pirated books are full of mistakes and do great harm. Relatively speaking, books published by regular publishing houses have fewer errors and can be returned.
3. Grasp the principle of moderation. Information should be few and accurate. Choose one or two pieces of good quality materials to do completely, digest the problem-solving ideas of heavy questions and extrapolate, and attach importance to the accumulation of wrong questions. A set of representative simulated test questions is very helpful for the overall understanding of knowledge, systematic grasp and ability improvement. Too much leads to overreaching and getting twice the result with half the effort.
Vertical selection is closely linked to the review progress. According to the progress of time and students' knowledge base, the whole review process of grade three can be roughly divided into three stages, and the reference books and exercise papers that students need in each stage are also divided into three types accordingly.
The first stage emphasizes the explanation of basic knowledge and the analysis of common typical examples, and emphasizes the systematization of knowledge mastery. The data selection should match it.
At present, review has basically entered the second stage, emphasizing both explanation and practice, and strengthening the systematic and comprehensive application of knowledge. Candidates have gradually adapted to the learning style and atmosphere of senior three, and have a certain grasp of basic knowledge. At this time, it is very important to have one or two high-quality reference books and a set of systematic and in-depth papers. The quantity is not required, but it is important to suit yourself. We should carefully study the contents explained in front of the reference book, carefully complete the exercises in the back, compare the common problem-solving methods or knowledge points in the back exercises with the previous explanations, find out the rules, strengthen the memory, make up for the incompleteness in the knowledge system chain, and be of great help to the consolidation and in-depth study of basic knowledge.
The third stage focuses on practice, emphasizing the speed and accuracy of solving problems. During the later review period, especially in the next semester of senior three, we should focus on breaking through the problem set and cooperate with some good quality simulation questions published in this issue, such as the real questions in previous years, Nanjing simulation, Chengdu No.2 clinic, Beijing Huanggang, Haidian District and so on. These simulated test papers are generally difficult, systematic and simulated. However, students should not only pursue their scores, but also find out what they have not thoroughly reviewed. And what you need to improve during this period is mainly the speed and accuracy of solving problems. Doing more test questions and simulating yourself several times in a limited time can strengthen your ability in this respect and verify whether the time allocation for solving problems meets the requirements of the college entrance examination. Certain exercises don't mean "sea tactics", but to improve their actual combat ability by solving problems, so as to complete tasks quickly and effectively in the examination room. At the same time, don't give up the systematic memory of basic knowledge and the practice of basic exercises at this stage.
After the Spring Festival, as the date of the college entrance examination approaches, candidates and parents will pay more and more attention to volunteering for the college entrance examination, and the corresponding books will become "hot items". 6543816 October, Inside and Outside the Classroom magazine and the Central Institute of Education jointly held the "Seminar on Development Indicators of Colleges and Universities in China". Relevant experts and scholars have expressed their opinions and suggestions on the current college entrance examination volunteer counseling books and university rankings, which are very beneficial to the majority of candidates.
Professor Wang Zhanjun, deputy director of the Center for Degree and Postgraduate Education Development of the Ministry of Education, believes that at present, the evaluation system of colleges and universities in China mainly focuses on the evaluation of static inputs such as resources, and the evaluation of scale and social reputation is not quantitative, but qualitative. For example, the book introduction of a university only says how many tens of thousands of books are collected. What really matters is the network construction and book circulation level of the school.
Teachers in beijing university of chemical technology especially think that the indicators of many books introducing university rankings are not scientific and fair enough. For example, Concord Medical College is the top level in medicine, while the comprehensive rankings conducted by Net University and Guangdong University rank 25th and16th respectively, which is inappropriate.
Researcher Wuyishan, chief engineer of China Institute of Science and Technology Information, believes that the evaluation of universities must have dynamic indicators and negative indicators. For example, students often die abnormally in a university. Can you say it's good? Students in the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine spend more time learning foreign languages than studying Chinese medicine. Can you say it's normal? A normal university graduate doesn't teach, can you say that his education is successful?
On the one hand, experts hope that candidates will carefully screen relevant books, on the other hand, they hope that the research group will strengthen research and produce results quickly. As the only designated periodical published regularly by research institutes and research results every month, the Golden Journal of College Entrance Examination will follow the road pointed out by experts and expected by readers, and compile relevant college entrance examination books with the support of publishing carriers and experts.