ACTIVATION OF COGNITIVE ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY OF GENERAL TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES IN A MILITARY UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article is devoted to an important topic on ways to form active mental activity in the process of cognition among cadets of a military university. Activity is defined as readiness for conscious fulfillment of tasks proposed by the teacher. The activity indicators are highlighted, and with them the ways of developing cognitive interest. Examples of the development of interest are: a sample of the completed task “Intersection of two planes”, as well as an example of solving the task “Determining the distance from a point to a plane”. The emphasis is placed on the fact that concentration of attention is an important condition for the development of cognitive activity. The methods of developing concentration of attention have been identified through surveys, namely: the formation of interest in the presented educational material, the competent formulation of questions of educational material, the visualization of educational material using diagrams, posters, etc. After conducting a survey of cadets, the results are summarized, the most effective methods that form concentration of attention and the development of cognitive activity are revealed. In conclusion, the article reveals features of the most commonly used methods of developing research activities in universities (including the military ones): writing an abstract and performing rationalization work. At the same time, the main points of the development of independent thinking of cadets are highlighted: research skills, interest in learning and, as a result, the development of cognitive activity.