Keyword: «primary school age»

The need-motivational sphere occupies a central place in the structure of the personality. It has a changeable character under the influence of various factors. One of them is activities. In this study, the authors consider the dynamics of learning motivation in learning activity – the leading activity of a primary school student. A special place is occupied by the concretization of the need-motivational sphere in the desire of the younger student to achieve success in educational activities.

The article examines the influence of collective creative activity on the formation of the child's personality, his socialization and behavior in the society of peers, as well as the identification of a more effective organization of various extracurricular activities to create a favorable environment where the student could show their individual qualities.

The article examines the peculiarities of the implementation of the procedure of in-depth psychological diagnostics as applied to children of primary school age with mental retardation (hereinafter – MR). The theoretical and methodological aspects of the integrative approach under the authorship of M.M. Semago and N. Ya. Semago, serving as the theoretical foundation of the indicated procedure. The data obtained in the course of the assessment of 30 children with MR concerning their psychological diagnoses is described. A comparative analysis of the diagnoses obtained with the psychological and pedagogical ones, formulated by the specialists of the central psychological, medical and pedagogical commission (hereinafter referred to as the CPMPC) was carried out.

The relevance of the problem of the formation of optical-spatial perception in children with visual impairments in primary school age is that children with visual impairments (especially with deep ones) cannot spontaneously master the skills of spatial perception and need systematic training.

In the presented article, the problem of the development of logical thinking of younger schoolchildren in the process of mathematical activity is considered. The features of the development of this type of thinking in primary school age are determined, the essence of the concepts of "logical thinking" and "text task" is revealed. The results of experimental work on the formation of logical thinking in younger schoolchildren are identified and analyzed, and the necessary conditions for its successful development are indicated.