SOME ASPECTS OF ARRANGING STUDENTS’ TEAM-WORK IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS AT A TRANSPORT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article deals with the process of arranging team-work for students of technical specialities in teaching mathematics. The authors reveal problems of developing team building skills of future engineers at the initial stage of their training, thus laying the foundation of the most important competency of the graduate – the ability to work in a team. At the same time the authors touch upon the problem of students’ skills formation necessary not only in the process of work in a small group, but also the abilities to assume their leadership role. The developed technique of arranging the described type of activity is implemented for the students specializing in “Train traffic enforcement system”. The technique in question involves a decision of several problems: study of the discipline section, formation of team work skills, conducting ongoing performance monitoring, inclusion of a competitive aspect in the learning process, disclosure of personality including leadership qualities of students.