美国高中数学教材插图的特点分析——以Glencoe McGraw-Hill高一年级函数内容为例

Analysis of the Characteristics of Illustrations in American High School Mathematics Textbooks——Take for Instance Function Teaching in First Grade of Glencoe McGraw-Hill High

插图设计的效果直接影响学生学习的积极性、学习情绪以及学习效果.美国高中数学教材特别重视使用插图,并且充分考虑知识学习的特点;美国教材插图重视数学的应用价值,同时关注数学的文化价值;美国数学教材体现知识理解的插图数量多,元认知知识的插图数量少.研究认为,教材的插图应着眼于学生的知识经验基础,加强民族理解和文化包容,在教学中,教师应充分利用教材中的插图,并根据教学情况适当补充一些插图.

The effect of illustration design directly affects the of students’ enthusiasm for learning,their learning mood andlearning effect. The mathematics textbooks used in American high schools attach great importance to the use of illustrations, andfully consider the characteristics of knowledge learning. Illustrations in American textbooks emphasizes the application value ofmathematics,and the cultural value of mathematics at the same time. Moreover, American mathematics textbooks tend to containmore illustrations of knowledge for better understanding,while the number of illustrations for metacognitive knowledge is smaller.This research suggests that the illustrations of textbooks should focus on the basis of students’ knowledge and experience,andstrengthen the national understanding and cultural inclusion. Teachers should make full use of the illustrations in the textbooks,and add some illustrations according to their teaching.