QUALITY PROBLEMS OF BASIC MATHEMATICAL TRAINING OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of low mathematical training of university applicants. The post-Soviet education reform did not give the necessary results, but, on the contrary, led to a decrease in the knowledge of schoolchildren. Especially, in the author’s opinion, mathematical education has suffered. The time has come to analyze the systemic mistakes made as a result of this reform, to assess the real level of knowledge of applicants, to establish the reasons for the low mathematical literacy of the modern young generation. The purpose of the study is to identify the basic level of their mathematical training by the example of the input knowledge of first-year students, systematize mistakes and propose actions to improve the level of mathematical education of schoolchildren and graduates of secondary vocational educational institutions. A study is conducted on this problem in 2023 on the basis of the State Agrarian University of the Northern Trans-Urals in the form of an entrance test on residual mathematical knowledge for the course of basic secondary school. The results of the study show that the level of basic mathematical training of first-year students is steadily falling. When solving problems, template and formal approaches prevail without understanding the meaning and logic of the solution. The article suggests ways to solve the problem under consideration.