Development of metacognitive competencies of students in the process of constructing mathematical problems for younger students

Abstract

The article presents a description of the study of the effectiveness of methodological tools aimed at developing metacognitive competence in future elementary school teachers in the classroom on the methodology of teaching mathematics to younger students.The aim of the study is to empirically test the effectiveness of a set of methodological techniques used in the classroom on the methodology of teaching mathematics to future elementary school teachers as a means of developing their metacognitive competencies. The hypothesis of the study is the assumption that one of the effective means of developing metacognitive competencies in future elementary school teachers is special classes for compiling original scenarios of verbal mathematical problems for younger students. A professionally developed verbal composition of a mathematical problem sets the vector of mental activity for the younger student. It requires the developer to build a forecast of the child’s mental actions, determine algorithms and levels of difficulty in obtaining the right solution. The study used methods for testing students’ cognitive characteristics (intelligence) and peer review of their “metacognitive knowledge”, “metacognitive skills”, “metacognitive experience” and “metacognitive strategies”. The methodological solutions implemented in the classroom have shown their effectiveness. For the practice of preparing future primary school teachers, it is important that the well-organized development of compositions of textual mathematical problems for younger students is an effective means of developing their metacognitive competencies.

The Role of Modern Teachers in the Formation of Metacognitive Competences of Schoolchildren

“…), мышление (преднамеренное, планируемое, целеобусловленное, перспективно и познавательно ориентированное; рефлексивное, критическое, креативное и пр.) [5][6][7].…”

“…При этом, согласно результатам научных исследований, проведенных отечественными и зарубежными учеными в течение последних десятилетий, при традиционной организации образовательного процесса, во-первых, не происходит качественного формирования метакогнитивных компетенций обучающихся, во-вторых, социальная среда (СМИ, социальные сети, интернет в целом, референтные группы сверстников, семьи и др.) оказывает на данный процесс преимущественно негативное, реже -нейтральное, воздействие, в-третьих, образовательная среда в совокупности личностных, содержательных, методических ресурсов положительного влияния на данный процесс не оказывает, в том числе по причине неготовности педагогических кадров [5][6][10][11][12] Варианты оценки во всех трех случаях:…”