Creative Cards on Chemistry in the Mental Development of Students

Abstract

The change in the professional positioning of a modern university graduate-from the narrow development of one specialty to the ability to adapt to the changing conditions of the innovation economy; reliance on creativity and mental development of an individual identified the research problem-the lack of methodological support to develop teaching AIDS at the university. The theory comprehension and practice of the educational process organization in the chemical direction made it possible to affirm that there are large reserves for the students' mental development due to the completeness and depth, consistency, and logic of a high theoretical level in the chemical disciplines. The study purpose is to develop and determine the effectiveness of the use of creative cards in the study of chemical disciplines to improve the level of students' mental development. The research methodology included an analysis of the essence of the concept «creative card», identification of criteria and indicators of students' mental development, development of a set of creative cards in chemistry, determination of their influence on the mental development level, development of a methodical system of students' mental development using creative cards, and testing the effectiveness of the system in a teaching experiment. The basis of the chosen approach is an idea of cognitive psychology D. P. Ausubel. Presentation of new concepts and judgments through logical structures and concepts are already known; accumulated by students, identifying the main ideas of the subject, further differentiation, detailing; combining new material with previously presented information by comparing, comparing and finding connections between them is one of the effective tools to organize and present knowledge. However, the study made it possible to substantiate creative cards as means of learning that affects mental development. Developed methodological support for the use of creative cards to improve the level of students' mental development, confirmed its effectiveness.