发散思维是指人们思考问题时注重多途径、多方案的思考;解决问题时思路朝各种可能的方向扩散,不拘泥于一个途径、一种方法,力求得到多种正确解答的思维方法。发散思维是开放式的,具有多端性、变通性、创造性。徐利治教授高度肯定发散思维在数学创造活动中的作用,认为“数学上的新思想、新概念和新方法往往来源于发散思维,数学家创造能力的大小应和他的发散思维能力成正比”,可见培养学生的发散思维能力的重要性。那么,在初中数学教学中,如何培养学生的发散思维能力呢?在本文中,笔者将略陈浅见,供同行在教学中参考。一、—题多解 Divergent thinking means that people pay more attention to multi-path and multi-program thinking when they think about the problem. When the problem is solved, the thinking spreads in every possible direction and does not rigidly adhere to one way and one method, trying to get a variety of thinking ways of answering the questions correctly. Divergent thinking is open-ended, multi-tasking, adaptability and creativity. Prof. Xu Lizhi highly affirmed the role of divergent thinking in mathematics creation activities. He held that “new ideas, new concepts and new methods in mathematics are often derived from divergent thinking. The size of the creative ability of a mathematician should be proportional to his divergent thinking ability” , Shows the importance of cultivating students’ divergent thinking ability. So, in junior high school mathematics teaching, how to cultivate students’ divergent thinking ability? In this article, I will be somewhat superficial, for peers in teaching reference. First, a lot of questions