Progressive Mathematics (Third Edition), are written in accordance with the Mathematics Syllabus for Secondary Schools issued by the Hong Kong Curriculum Development Council in 1999. Also, they are written with reference to the Mathematics Curriculum Guide (P1 – P6) commencing in 2002. It is a series of supplementary exercise books for S.1 to S.3 students. The questions are divided into two levels to enhance students’ skills in thinking and problem solving.
Special Features of Progressive Mathematics (Third Edition) include:
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思考站 , 學習錦囊 and 休憩室 are written in Chinese to help students understand the context more easily.
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思考站 includes interesting mathematical problems to arouse students’ interest in learning Mathematics.
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學習錦囊 contains revision notes and highlights the common mistakes made by students. The ‘Non-foundation’ parts are highlighted by the icon .
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Warm Up Practice provides simple questions for students.
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Test Your Understanding provides questions divided into two levels: Fundamental Stage and Advanced Stage. This helps students develop their ability in solving mathematical problems gradually. Questions belong to the ‘Non-foundation’ parts are highlighted by the icon .
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Open-ended Questions broaden students’ perspectives and train their presentation skills.
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休憩室 provides supplementary and extra-curriculum mathematical knowledge to enhance students’ interest in learning Mathematics.
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Important Terms, written in both Chinese and English, are selected for quick reference.
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Three Assessments are included at the end of the book. Each has detailed score sheet to help students find out which topics they are weak in and therefore, make corresponding improvement.
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Detailed solutions for all questions are provided and those solutions for assessments even have marking scheme. All solutions are printed separately for self-study purpose.
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For Book 1, 升中輔助手冊 is available free of charge. Some primary mathematical knowledge related to the secondary curriculum is provided to help students prepare the transition to the junior secondary syllabus. We hope to share with parents the experience of guiding their children to tackle different Mathematics tasks.