代数――美国高中毕业文凭拦路虎.docVIP

代数――美国高中毕业文凭拦路虎一位中国访问学者曾讲过他在美国大学的一段亲身经历。 一天，一位愁眉苦脸的大学生来问他一个“十分困难”的问题，他看后感到很惊讶。原来这个“十分困难”的问题，只是一个一元一次方程式的求解问题。在中国，初中生就会做了，但这位大学生似乎对此毫无头绪。 其实这不能怪学生。在美国许多州，例如加州就没有把代数这门课列为中学生的必修课。换句话说，不会解一元一次方程，不会因式分解，照样可以拿到高中文凭。这点对于亚洲的学生来说有点不可思议。但是近年来，美国一些州陆续采取了相应措施，要求高中生必须通过初等代数的考试才能获得毕业文凭。 既然代数这么重要，那就让我们一起来看看国外的学生学习代数的小窍门吧。 Many people have difficulties in the area of algebra mathematics. Many attempts to read books, attend lessons and research the web to find information and attend interactive lessons that could help them improve their algebra skills. Interactive learning is a lot more fun than reading algebra books but is that enough to make someone good at algebra? The concept of algebra has to be fully understood before one can have full knowledge of mathematics. Algebra is only going to become more advanced as the years of school pass and if one has not gained full knowledge of it at its most basic level, it will be impossible to venture on. There are thousands of algebra books out there that break down algebra to its easiest components. Many learning styles in these books are different so take the time to go through them and find one that looks like you might understand or one that accommodates your learning style. Practice is really important in algebra and you can?t expect to learn everything from online courses or tutorials. You need to go through the concepts and the principles of algebra again and again in order to learn them. Since practice makes perfect, one effective method is to use your text book and write on paper all of the concepts along with equations that represent that concept. Keep each concept on a different sheet. Take notes and write down your opinion for every equation or algebra concept. You may not like it at first, but the more you practice and use this personal algebra notebook the better for you. You must be patient because at first it might seem like you are never going to be able to figure out how all of these numbers plug into one an