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Postgraduate entrance examination is becoming more and more difficult, and review is becoming more and more professional. Therefore, it is almost impossible to review without postgraduate materials. But there are many kinds of postgraduate entrance examination materials, so how to choose them is effective? To choose accurately, we must first understand deeply. According to the content, purpose and pertinence, the review materials for postgraduate entrance examination can be divided into the following categories:

● All real questions. Including political, English, mathematics test questions for the postgraduate entrance examination over the years and professional test questions for the majors you applied for. These questions are of great significance for candidates to understand the thinking of writing questions, strengthen their answering skills and understand the key points of the proposition.

● Examination outline. Examination outline is a programmatic document that provides important information such as examination knowledge points and examination questions in postgraduate entrance examination. The examination center of the Ministry of Education organizes expert meetings in April and May each year, which are revised and published by Higher Education Press. The political program changes greatly every year; The syllabus of English and mathematics is relatively stable.

● Unified compilation of teaching materials and professional teaching materials. Unified textbooks are the basis for the review of public * * * subjects for postgraduate entrance examination, and generally refer to the unified textbooks compiled by the Ministry of Education. Professional textbooks generally need to consult the admissions department and the seniors who have just passed the exam.

● Postgraduate counseling books. This kind of counseling materials refers to the review instructions of subjects such as politics, English, mathematics, Japanese, Russian, Chinese medicine and western medicine. There are many varieties and large quantities, and there are about hundreds of them on the market every year, including many fine works and a number of misleading works patched together in the name of publication. The specific identification method will be introduced in detail below.

● Internal information. More authoritative professional postgraduate counseling institutions generally have a complete set of internal information to cooperate with teaching counseling, after-school exercises and simulated sprint training.

The quality of all the real questions, exam outlines, unified textbooks and professional textbooks is guaranteed, but the more chaotic ones are the postgraduate counseling books and internal materials.

Postgraduate entrance examination review counseling books are official publications prepared for the review of national unified examination subjects such as postgraduate entrance examination political theory, English, mathematics, integrated subjects of traditional Chinese and western medicine, etc., and there may be about 300 books in total, including professional course counseling materials. These counseling books give more choices and help to the majority of candidates, but there are undeniable problems such as uneven quality, sloppy writing and chaotic logic. As for internal information, it is even more confusing. Although almost every counseling institution has several copies, the quality of compilation and printing and packaging are very different.

Four criteria for distinguishing the good from the bad data

How to identify and choose the really effective counseling books you need? I suggest you judge according to the following four criteria.

■ Whether to write according to the latest outline. There are some changes in the examination syllabus of public subjects every year, sometimes big changes, sometimes small changes, some subjects big changes, and some subjects small changes. Usually, the political outline of the postgraduate entrance examination changes greatly, such as 199 120 test sites, 192 in 2000 (excluding "An Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought" instead of "History of China Revolution") and several hundred, 5438+0 in 2006. Such drastic changes have made the political information published before the introduction of the outline worthless. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to buy political textbooks one or two months (around June and July) after the revision of the syllabus, because it will take a cycle for the corresponding revision and publication of the textbooks. All the political materials that appeared in the market before were often compiled according to the old outline of the previous year, so don't worry at all.

■ Compliance with review rules. The review of each subject has obvious rounds, usually three rounds, each round has its own characteristics, and the materials should be targeted accordingly. Therefore, don't buy any "sprint" and "simulation" counseling books easily in the first round of review; Don't go back to buy Daquan in the last round of review. It is best to buy a set of corresponding materials according to the review progress, and the effect will be better.

■ Timeliness. The most typical is current affairs politics. After the major meeting of the party and the state in September every year, the content of current affairs can be roughly determined, and it will take some time to sort out and compile it, until 10 is considered mature. 9, 10 month can't wait to put it on the market, often the content is incomplete, the focus is chaotic or shoddy, and the only purpose is to make money first.

■ Writing quality. This is the core of judgment. One of the identification methods is that candidates compare similar books according to what they are most familiar with. Another method is to compare the examination questions of that year with the review materials of that year to see how well the materials grasp the key points. The easier way is to look at the publishing house. Because authoritative publishing houses should give consideration to long-term interests and signboards, the books they publish are strictly controlled and of high quality; And some "pheasant" publishers, with the mentality of "grabbing and running", naturally cannot improve their quality.

Four misunderstandings to be avoided in purchasing materials

Because most candidates don't know much about the postgraduate counseling materials, they are prone to the following negligence when purchasing. I hope you can pay attention to avoid it in the future.

▲ Pursuing quantity. No matter what the quality is, whether it suits you or not, buy the information when you see it, do it when you buy it, and equate review with making information. Doing so will not only make the review messy, but also waste money.

▲ Too impatient. Many students are afraid that they won't have time to review the materials, especially when they see that others have several copies, so they buy one in a hurry, regardless of the willy-nilly. It is often difficult to buy really useful counseling materials, so hold your breath and choose to review counseling materials step by step according to your own situation and specific needs.

▲ Too credulous. Students often worship some celebrities, and as long as they appear on the information, they will buy them out. Although the materials edited by some famous teachers are excellent, it does not rule out that many poor works are aimed at money. For example, some teachers can compile more than three millions of words a year and write tens of thousands of words a day on average-how is that possible? In fact, those are often published by teachers after some graduate students or even undergraduates have survived.

▲ Ignore the printing quality. Printing quality is actually an important part of book quality, which is very important. For example, misprinting a number or letter in a math tutorial material may make you waste half a day without results; If the "standard answer" of political multiple-choice questions is printed wrong, the problem will be even bigger (as we all know, politics can always tell the truth with any answer); In addition, the clarity of printing and the quality of paper will also have an impact on your eyesight. After all, it takes more than 6 hours to process these materials every day in the preparation and review stage.

What are the benefits of attending the postgraduate remedial class?

Some graduate students will tell you: "Be sure to choose a good remedial class"; Others will say, "remedial classes are useless, just a waste of time and money." So, is the postgraduate remedial class useful?

The answer varies from person to person. There are indeed some students who have achieved good results simply by reviewing themselves; There are also some students who are busy sleeping and watching MM in remedial classes, and attending classes is equal to attending classes in vain. But for most people, the remedial classes for postgraduate entrance examination do play a role, of course, the role varies from person to person. Generally speaking, the postgraduate remedial classes can play the following roles:

● Review can better grasp the key points. At present, many postgraduate counseling experts have a profound grasp of the trend of postgraduate proposition, and some more formal postgraduate counseling professional institutions have also invested their energy in studying postgraduate entrance examination. In this way, remedial classes often enable you to grasp the key points of the exam in the shortest time.

● Review is more organized and planned. Postgraduate remedial classes are generally arranged according to a certain review plan, and corresponding exercises will be arranged at the same time, so review can be more planned.

● "Mandatory effect" can be achieved. Many students will feel impetuous after reviewing for a period of time, mainly because of the interference of the external environment. The remedial class forces you to study through the arrangement of lectures and exercises. At the same time, the classroom with hundreds or even thousands of students also creates a tense and warm atmosphere, which is conducive to seizing time, reviewing purposefully, planned and step by step, and preventing confusion and waste of time.

What kinds of remedial classes are there?

Corresponding to the three stages of postgraduate review, there are mainly the following types of remedial classes:

■ Basic remedial classes. Mainly for English, mathematics and other basic public subjects with long review cycle, the main purpose is to lay a solid foundation, guide candidates to review themselves before attending intensive classes as soon as possible, master review methods, avoid detours in the first round of review, and make the follow-up review twice the result with half the effort. These courses start earlier (they should start in April and May) and have longer class hours.

■ Intensive remedial classes. This is a traditional class, mainly an intensive period of counseling. The focus is on the summer vacation and autumn in July and August, and the class time is generally about 20 days.

■ Sprint remedial classes. The lessons used for the final sprint review of candidates are generally taught in June 1 1 and June 65438+February. The class hours are not long, usually only a few classes, but the counseling content is relatively intensive, among which the comprehensive evaluation of political current affairs is the highlight and should not be missed.

■ Model test class. The model examination class is a special class for some remedial classes, and its important significance lies in reviewing in the review stage, checking for missing parts and increasing actual combat experience. It should be emphasized that sending a few papers casually is not a strict model test. Strict model examination should be a special examination, with strict invigilation, time limit and careful marking. In short, it is highly simulated and must be carefully evaluated afterwards to be effective.

How to judge the advantages and disadvantages of remedial classes

As long as you pay attention to the poster column in colleges and universities, you will find that there are so many remedial classes for postgraduate entrance examination at present. According to incomplete statistics, there are dozens of institutions offering postgraduate courses in Beijing alone, and there are more in the whole country. These remedial classes are not only similar in poster color, design and advertising content, but also similar in organization name. In fact, there are not only formal institutions with good reputation and good service, but also many unregistered wild tables. So, how to choose the appropriate postgraduate institutions and remedial classes? The following are some basic standards.

● Is it large? To some extent, the scale represents the past counseling achievements and the degree of public recognition.

● Incomplete information. A comprehensive and systematic good teaching material represents a strong counseling force and a good sense of service.

● Is the teaching staff strong? Teachers are judged not by whether there are one or two "famous teachers", but by their comprehensive strength, because no course can be guaranteed by one or two teachers, but by the cooperation of a group of teachers. Know the teacher, don't just look at the advertisements of the counseling institutions. If you have the conditions, you'd better know more about the teacher's academic background, data writing achievements, counseling achievements, etc.

● Good service. Authoritative counseling institutions should not only run classes, but also provide supporting services in terms of materials and information. The more complete the service items, the longer the service cycle, and the more help candidates get for the same money.

Get ready for the body.

Postgraduate entrance examination is a consuming process with strong mental and physical strength. Sitting there seemingly motionless actually consumes no less calories than strenuous exercise. Therefore, in order to support the intensive review for nearly a year, we need a strong body, strengthen nutrition and insist on proper exercise every day is the only solution. At the same time, during the preparation for the exam, human immunity will usually decline and it is easy to get sick, so we should always pay attention to the weather changes, otherwise a small cold will interfere with a week's study and a serious illness will ruin the whole postgraduate entrance examination.

Make psychological preparation and adjustment.

The review process of postgraduate entrance examination is very boring. Repeated so many books for too long. Later, I was more and more impacted by graduation distribution, and my psychological pressure was great, and my confidence was easy to collapse. Therefore, many people give up halfway every year. The more intensified they are, the more people quit the competition almost every day, even on the spot in the examination room. According to the survey, only about 30% of the students who announce their preparation for the postgraduate entrance examination in June each year persist, which requires great perseverance and determination.

To achieve this super perseverance and determination, first, it depends on everyone's self-control; The second is to strengthen confidence through constant self-psychological suggestion; Third, try to stay away from interference sources, such as trying not to study in the dormitory; Fourth, relax or even vent regularly to maintain psychological balance.

Prepare some money

Although the cost of postgraduate entrance examination is not worth mentioning compared with the cost of going abroad for tens of thousands, it is still necessary to make preparations in advance so as not to be stretched and affect the review.

Postgraduate entrance examination fees mainly include the following items:

Fees for books and materials;

Counseling fee;

Examination registration fee;

Information consultation fee (generally manifested as telephone charges for asking for information from others, expenses for entertaining guests, etc.). );

Nutrition fee.

Applicants from other places will have to pay for transportation and accommodation, and those who go out to rent a house will have to pay rent, water and electricity. Generally speaking, it is between one thousand yuan and several thousand yuan. Some of these expenses can be saved. For example, the basic textbooks can be borrowed, and the information fee for applying for this major in our school is basically unnecessary.

Review the "Three-Three System" Master Plan

It is often seen that some students are still flipping through books before going to the examination room, muttering to themselves quickly, trying to remember two more knowledge points. Why is there such a passive situation? Because of the lack of scientific planning.

There are many contents to review for the postgraduate entrance examination, and only the basic textbooks are at least 10, which has a long time span and a summer vacation in the middle, and there are many interference factors. If there is no general review plan, it is easy to relax before and tighten after, paying attention to one thing and losing another. Therefore, in the arrangement of review plan, we should follow the principle of stages, with different emphasis in different periods, step by step, and improve the overall review efficiency.

Here we recommend a "three-thirds system" principle.

The so-called "three-thirds system" is to divide the overall review progress into three stages: foundation, reinforcement and sprint; Each subject has undergone three rounds of review. Through actual investigation, summary and comparison, it is proved that this is an effective review plan model. The specific arrangements are as follows.

"Three-Three System" Review Planning Schedule

Time period start stage strengthening stage sprint stage

3-June 7th-August 9th-65438+1October1-65438+February 65438+1October.

Politics-the first round, the second round, the model test, and the third round of preparation.

English first round, second round, third round

The first round, the second round and the third round of mathematics

First round, second round and third round of career.

The first round of review strategies

The first round of review of English, mathematics and specialized courses is arranged in the early stage (March-June). Because of the basic and long-term characteristics of English and mathematics learning and the complexity of specialized courses, the first round of review should be sooner rather than later. You don't have to worry if you only need political review, because the test center has not been revised and the new outline has not yet been issued, so it is arranged in the strengthening period in July to avoid futility.

■ English. The focus is on the vocabulary and basic grammar of the postgraduate entrance examination, and reading comprehension training should also begin. Grammar and so on will not change. Although the vocabulary outline is revised every year, it has not changed much, so look for the outline of the previous year first. Many students just passed CET-6 at this stage. Because CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examination are roughly the same, and their vocabulary is similar, you can review them together.

■ mathematics. The focus of this stage is to comprehensively sort out the basic concepts, theorems, formulas and their basic applications, and also start to do a lot of problems. Because it takes a lot of time to do problems, once you enter the intensive period and start reviewing politics, it is impossible to take up a lot of time to do problems.

■ Specialized courses. Those who apply for my school-based major should make use of regular teaching and learn professional courses well. Cross-major or cross-school application, at this time, we should start a systematic review of professional courses, and if possible, we should take some important professional courses.

The first round of review is mainly to lay a solid foundation in an all-round way, so we mainly use undergraduate basic textbooks, plus some materials suitable for the first round of review, and we can also choose some long classes or preparatory classes that lay the foundation to charge ourselves. Politics is a little different. You can choose a remedial class with longer class hours from the beginning and put it into the review track.

Second round review strategy

The second review of each subject is arranged in the intensive period (July -65438+ 10). The intensive period is the prime time for postgraduate review, with a summer vacation in the middle and no course interference, so the review time is the most concentrated and other learning tasks are the lightest. The intensive period is also the key stage of the postgraduate entrance examination review, and the quality of the postgraduate entrance examination results basically depends on the review effect at this stage. Even some students with good foundation began to review and prepare for the exam at this stage, and they also achieved success. So, how to make effective use of these four months of review time? The key is to accomplish two tasks: first, to refine and grasp the key points and difficulties of each subject; The second is to gradually transform the knowledge you have mastered into the actual problem-solving ability.

■ politics. The first round of political review and the second round of political review are closely combined, and both are arranged in the strengthening period. This stage focuses on refining the basic theories and important conclusions of each course, as well as examination knowledge points, especially new test sites and new test sites; Make a preliminary synthesis of cross-chapter and even interdisciplinary related knowledge points. The second is the combination of major current affairs politics and related basic theories, such as "deflation and the law of currency circulation", "the protracted and complex struggle in the ideological field and the importance of strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization".

■ English. In terms of vocabulary, we should master usage, especially fixed collocation and idioms, on the basis of mastering the meaning in general. Another key point is to solve long and difficult sentences and master various sentence patterns. At the same time, we should increase reading, on the one hand, improve reading ability, on the other hand, consolidate grammar, vocabulary and sentence patterns through reading. At this stage, a considerable number of special exercises must be carried out and consolidated by doing problems.

■ mathematics. At this stage, because politics has begun to review, the math time will be reduced accordingly, and the number of questions can't be too much. Therefore, on the basis of reviewing a large number of exercises in the first round, we should go back and summarize and refine the law of solving problems.

■ Specialized courses. At this stage, due to the increase of the weight of public courses, the review intensity of professional courses will be weakened. The task of this stage is to arrange the courses of various majors in a logical framework and establish the whole professional system in mind. Another point is to start to summarize and sort out the professional knowledge content according to the topic.

It is possible to buy some good quality intensive reading review materials in the second round of review, and it is possible to take a remedial class in the public class. I suggest that you don't go home during the summer vacation. Even if you want to go back, it can't be more than a week. After all, home is a place for rest and entertainment, not for study. Every year, people promise to go home and study hard, and most of them are proved to be self-deception.

Third round review strategy

In the sprint stage, all subjects began the third round of review. Generally, it starts about two months before the exam, which indicates that the review content of current affairs and politics is basically determined in the middle and late period of 10. At this stage, it is natural to consolidate what has been reviewed, further summarize, sublimate and refine, check for leaks and fill gaps, and firmly grasp the key points and difficulties; At the same time, we should turn the knowledge and ability we have mastered into the final score, that is, we should strengthen the exam-oriented training.

■ politics. Work hard from two aspects. One is the combination of current affairs politics and basic theory, and the other is the training of answering methods to strengthen answering skills. The combination of current affairs politics and political basic theory has always been a hot topic in the examination, which needs to be summarized by ourselves and a series of punching lessons are suggested. Don't do a lot of simulation questions, because without strict standard answers, it is difficult to accurately judge the simulation results. If you encounter some inferior simulation questions, it may be misleading.

■ English. There are two important tasks in the sprint review stage, one is to carry out a large number of model test exercises, and the other is to strengthen the training of essay writing. To strengthen essay writing, we must first predict the possible range of propositions. English composition for postgraduate entrance examination is not uncommon and unprofessional, and it is usually closely related to study and life, or reflects the current hot issues in society. For example, keeping healthy, how to study, environmental protection and promiscuity are all topics. After knowing these approximate ranges, consciously read more relevant articles, get familiar with relevant viewpoints, sentence patterns and vocabulary, and write more, so that you can have a well-thought-out plan in the examination room.

■ mathematics. At this stage, it is necessary to gradually restore the amount of exercise and conduct a lot of simulation training. On the one hand, it will further improve the speed and accuracy of problem solving, on the other hand, it will improve the state of problem solving, and it is best to reach the best point in the exam.

Model test with review

In the early stage of the third round of review, public subjects and mathematics are arranged with model test strips, which are generally at 1 1. The reason why the model test belt is set here is because after two rounds of review, it needs to be tested by formal examination, so as to find problems early and adjust the third round of review plan in time; At the same time, we should also increase some practical experience, because the examination period is coming. There are two modes of simulation test. One is self-simulation test. Find a simulation question and arrange your own time to take the exam. The second is to participate in the model test class. The advantages of the model examination class are that the examination room is formal, the invigilation is strict, the answer sheets and papers are formal, the actual combat atmosphere is realistic, and the detection level is true; At the same time, the model test class also conducts targeted comments, and participants can estimate their relative level according to the average score.

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