CHARACTERISTICS OF SPATIAL THINKING AND FEATURES OF ITS FORMATION IN TEACHING GEOMETRY IN HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

The article reveals features of forming of spatial thinking in teaching geometry in high school. The question of formation and development of spatial thinking in pedagogical psychology is crucial. In methodological science, the problem of formation of spatia l thinking in the process of teaching geometry in high school, especially for students of older adolescence, is currently relevant. To resolve the contradictions in teaching geometry, it is necessary to identify the essence and content of the concept of spatial thinking, to reveal the psychological processes that affect the formation and development of spatial thinking of students. Such processes include perception, sensation, attention, observation, memorization, imagination, representation, etc. in adolescence, visual and imaginative thinking gradually gives way to abstract thinking. This method of knowledge in teaching geometry is closely related to the generalization and systematization of geometric knowledge, which contributes to the mental transformation of information about a geometric concept, the development of imagination and representation of geometric images of these concepts. The material of the article allows determining the methodological methods of formation and development of spatial thinking in the process of learning geometry in high school.