Keyword: «arbitrariness»

Study of the peculiarities of the development of cognitive processes in adolescents 11-12 years

Authors:

Aigyl Syentaeva,

Vladimir Cibizov,

Valentina Yasakova,

Ludmila Samsonenko

The article analyzes the approaches of different authors to understanding the intellectual development, attention, perception, and thinking of adolescents. The influence of students ' cognitive activity on academic performance is considered. The results of an empirical study of the mental development of students in grades 5 are presented. Different aspects of mental activity are analyzed – mindfulness, semantic reading, and mathematical thinking.

Keywords: cognitive activity, motivation, educational activity, adolescence, independent thinking, new quality, arbitrariness