Keyword: «causes of difficulties»

The relevance of the problem under examination is related to the study and analysis of the causes of learning difficulties in modern students and strategies for overcoming them. Based on the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, the concept of learning difficulties is analyzed from historical and modern points of view. The article presents the results of the authors' original questionnaire – the first section – studying learning difficulties in adolescents and high school students. The main reasons for their occurrence, ways of overcoming school problems during the period of study are revealed. The aim of the study: to identify the main categories of difficulties, strategies for overcoming them in modern schoolchildren – representatives of the digital generation in studies, to develop the content of "PRO (About) learning skills" lessons for adolescents and high school students. The theoretical and methodological basis of the work is made up of the works of scientists in the field of educational activity, pedagogical and developmental psychology. Research methods: theoretical (study and analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature; analysis, generalization and systematization of information); empirical (questionnaire); methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The study involved 1,664 adolescents and high school students of educational institutions of the city of Tula and the Tula region (grades 5–11). The diagnostic program included the authors’ questionnaire, consisting of introductory information and three sections – difficulties in learning, communication and socialization. This article presents an analysis of the results of the survey of adolescents and high school students on the problems of difficulties in learning. The theoretical significance of the work lies in clarifying the concept of “difficulty”, in identifying the characteristics of school failure among modern children. The novelty of the publication is associated with the development of the concept of "PRO (About) learning skills" lessons using innovative psychological and pedagogical technologies aimed at overcoming learning difficulties. The practical significance is that the obtained experimental data and the developed lessons can be used to improve psychological and pedagogical support for students, organizing the prevention and correction of learning difficulties. The results of the study may be useful to teachers, psychologists, social workers, parenting counselors, and parents.