Keyword: «information skills»

The article reveals the structure and essence of the concept of "information skills" of a junior school student. The article describes the expected difficulties faced by a primary school student when searching for information, interpreting it, and reusing it in practice. The author offers methodological recommendations for more effective work of the teacher on the information skills of students.

The article discusses practical approaches to the process of forming information skills in younger schoolchildren when teaching the subject "The world around us", provides examples of tasks that can improve not only the effectiveness of the learning process, but also the level of formation of information skills in elementary school students.

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the formation of information skills in younger schoolchildren in the context of learning how to work with text. The main information skills are defined in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standards for General Education, diagnostic tasks are described to determine the level of formation of students' information skills, difficulties encountered by students in working with information are identified, and recommendations for overcoming these difficulties are proposed.

The relevance of the study is determined by the intellectual and cognitive focus of the personal and professional development of qualified specialists on the socio-economic development of the country, increasing the innovative potential and competitiveness of the Russian economy at the global level. Teaching foreign languages to students who are future specialists in the field of finance, entrepreneurship and business management is aimed at developing a set of competences that ensure the improvement of information skills, the manifestation of problematic and critical thinking, rational knowledge, the effectiveness of interaction and communication, the generation of new ideas and non-standard solutions. The aim of the study is to substantiate the specifics of teaching future economists taking into account the cognitive orientation of foreign language education at university. The methodological basis of the study was the interactive, communicative and comparative approaches in the implementation of the principle of foreign language education intellectualization, cognitive, professional and innovative-creative orientation of foreign language education at university. The manifestation and development of cognitive and metacognitive characteristics of students occurs through the use of technologies and methods of problem-based learning (game modeling of situations, structuring of concepts by means of mind-mapping, case study, project-based activities, discussions, debates, etc.). Monitoring the quality of the organization and effectiveness of teaching a foreign language to the 1st and 2nd year students majoring in Economics and Financial Management at PetrSU, taking into account the cognitive orientation of foreign language education at university, was carried out using the qualitative methods (the analysis of the results of in-class and independent educational and cognitive activities, completing creative tasks, research work; the included observation; peer assessment; reflexive assessment of learner’s own attainments). The theoretical significance of the study lies in substantiating the need for cognitive development of future economists in the process of learning a foreign language at university. The practical significance of this research lies in the development of a set of pedagogical conditions for organizing the cognitive activity of economics students. These conditions aim to ensure the manifestation of attention, interest in problem-solving tasks, mental activity, and thinking activity, as well as independence, rationality, and strategic thinking based on logic and clear reasoning. Additionally, this research aims to present the problem in its entirety and provide a perspective for its successful solution.