Mental development of primary school students in the process of learning mathematics
As noted above, the goal of teaching mathematics is to develop the thinking of schoolchildren. L.S. Vygotsky pointed out that with the beginning of learning, thinking moves to the center of the child’s mental development and becomes decisive in the system of other mental functions.
Psychological and pedagogical features of teaching mathematics to primary school students
Teaching primary school students will be successful if the teacher has the skills that follow from psychological and pedagogical knowledge about the features of attention. Usually, an ordinary teacher uses the technique of setting attention when he says: “Be attentive.” This setting is designed for children’s voluntary attention and requires some volitional effort from them, so they quickly get tired and distracted. This setting only works for a short time. If the teacher starts asking the student who is currently distracted, then, of course, he cannot answer. The teacher starts making a remark to the student, reproaches him. This leads to an increase in mental stress, causes negative emotions in the student. How to avoid this?
Development of primary school students in the process of teaching mathematics
Thinking is understood as the cognitive activity of the individual, which is characterized by a generalized and mediated reflection of the surrounding reality in its essential connections and relationships. When children come to school, they still have primitive thinking. Their judgments combine the most diverse incredible ideas about the surrounding world. For example, a 6-year-old child believes that “The sun does not fall because it is hot.” Therefore, the most important task of school education is the development of children’s thinking.