In the 38th National Youth Informatics Olympiad, which ended at the end of July, 6 team members sent by Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School won 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze, and the number of gold medals ranked fourth in the country with the number of selected training teams, and 5 people entered the top 100 in the country, ranking first in the country. Among them, 2 were selected into the national training team and obtained the qualification of Tsinghua University, 2 were qualified for the Tsinghua University Qiangji Program, and 1 was qualified for the Peking University Qiangji Program.
Behind the excellent results, how is this information science master refined? How can I stand out in the discipline competition and get a Ticket to Qingbei? On the afternoon of September 11, Xiong Chao, the convener of the five university science competitions of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School and the gold medal coach of the National Olympiad in Informatics, attended a public lecture at Vanke Central Park in Zhongshan Ancient Town. The theme of the lecture is: the cultivation of top innovative talents in informatics in Jizhong.
Xiong Chao. Correspondent/Interviewee Event Organizer Courtesy photo
In the nearly two-hour lecture, Xiong Chao introduced the excellent informatics competition results of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School and the entire training system of informatics competition for the parents at the scene. More than 100 parents listened carefully to Xiong Chao's lecture and actively interacted, and warm applause broke out from time to time.
Since 2008, Xiong Chao has served as the coach of the informatics competition at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School, and is now the convener of the five university discipline competitions and the leader of the information technology preparation team. Among the students he tutored, nearly 300 people won the first prize of the National Informatics League, 33 were selected for the Guangdong Provincial Informatics Provincial Team to participate in the national finals, winning 18 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 11 bronze medals in the national finals, 18 people were selected for the national training team, 1 person was selected for the Chinese national team, and won 1 international gold medal; 5 were selected for the junior high school informatics national team, 3 won gold medals, 2 silver medals, and nearly 30 students were sent to Tsinghua Peking University.
In the lecture, Xiong Chao first introduced the series of activities of the National Youth Informatics Olympiad and the results of the informatics competition in recent years of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School, which has won the 1st place in the province for 16 consecutive years in the Guangdong Informatics Olympiad; a total of 51 people were selected for the provincial team from 2012 to 2021; a total of 27 gold medals were won in the final of the National Informatics Olympiad, and 25 people were selected for the national team, which is also the first in the province.
The scene of the event. Correspondent/Interviewee Event Organizer Courtesy photo
This achievement is inseparable from the efforts of the informatics coaching team of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School, which is only a small part of the results of the Junior High School Informatics Competition. According to statistics, since the launch of the informatics competition, the team has tutored students to win the first prize of the national league 474 times, ranking first in the country. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School was also awarded the "Pilot Base for Bridging Training of Top Innovative Talents in Basic Discipline Informatics" by Tsinghua University in 2020, and the "Liberal Arts Talent Co-education Base" by Peking University in 2021. In addition to the informatics competition, the five university discipline competition teams of Jizhong also send many talents to top universities every year.
In the lecture, Xiong Chao shared the concept of cultivating top-notch innovative talents in informatics in Jizhong, with the purpose of discovering and cultivating a group of students who are interested and talented in certain subject areas, providing them with a platform to display their talents, laying a solid foundation for their lifelong development, and sending top-notch innovative talents to the country and society that adapt to the development of the times.
He also explained some of the learning requirements for introductory informatics training and some of his experiences in competition coaching over the years. "Hobbies are the best teachers." Xiong Chao told parents not to let children learn informatics with a utilitarian heart, but to have children really like, only by truly liking and loving, children can enjoy the fun of informatics. At the same time, it is also necessary to adopt scientific training methods, do not instill, do not cram, do not pull up seedlings to promote growth, and pay attention to the improvement of students' active learning ability and innovative thinking ability. He said: "We must look up at the stars and be down-to-earth, only in this way can we continue to overcome difficulties and climb the peak." ”
Nanfang Daily reporter Liao Bingying
Images courtesy of the event organizers
【Author】 Liao Bingying
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client
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