MOTIVATION AND EFFICIENCY OF THE THINKING ACTIVITIES OF TEENAGERS UNDER THE TRADITIONAL LEARNING SYSTEM

Abstract

In the article presents the results of studies of the relationship between educational motives and such quali- ties of thinking as flexibility and independence of thinking in teenagers in the learning process.

At the present stage of the development of education, the requirements for increasing the efficiency of education and for the quality of students’ mastering knowledge increase significantly. In this regard, the interest of researchers
in the search for psychological reserves of intellectual development of schoolchildren is intensified. Psychologists and educators repeatedly noted the fact that in the context of traditional education, the school focuses mainly on mastering the program material in individual academic subjects, whereas modern industrial and social life practices require an integrated system approach to the formation of a holistic personality. Which combines the large volume and strength of specific knowledge, high general intellectual and moral development, the ability to independently, creatively use the potential of their intellect in solving educational and practical life tasks.

In the system of intellectual processes of personality, one of the leading functions is thinking, which, like all components of this system, is purposeful and motivated. Improving the quality of learning by changing the system of educational motives and their influence on the individual characteristics of thinking in teenagers takes place. Psychological studies show a constant interest in identifying the psychological reserves of intellectual development of a person. The question of the motivational regulation of mental activity is among the central in psychological theory.

The relative mobility and dynamism of motivation creates the prerequisites for the purposeful management of mental activity. The development of motivation contributes to the growth of creative activity, expands the intellectual possibilities, increases the efficiency of the cognitive activity of the individual The paper discusses the dynamics of the relationship between the level of motivation and the effectiveness of solving mental tasks. It also presents the results of studies of the relationship between educational motives and such qualities of thinking as flexibility and independence of thinking in teenagers in the learning process. The dynamics of the relationship between the level of motivation and the efficiency of solving mental tasks is considered.

The study showed a link between learning motivation and individual thinking patterns in teenagers and confirmed the need for changes in the traditional system of teaching mathematics.