Research on the Application of Advance Organizers in High-School Mathematics Teaching—Take Extrema of Functions

Abstract

Advance organizers are effective means that can facilitate students’ meaningful learning and this concept has received much attention since put forward. Advance organizers link the material students are trying to learn with what they already know, so that they can better understand the former while well remembering the latter. This research discusses how advance organizers can work in the introduction, content, and framework of teaching the extrema of functions to high-school students, thereby enabling them to study mathematics meaningfully, figure out the logic of mathematical knowledge, and build a new knowledge structure independently. We aim to provide a useful reference and path of implementation for high-school teachers to adopt the advance organizer strategy.