Designing Mathematical Tasks for Primary School Students as A Means of Developing Combinatorial Abilities

Abstract

The article has been devoted to the description of the study of the effectiveness of methodological techniques used in classes on the academic subject – "methods of teaching mathematics" with future primary school teachers. The proposed techniques allow activating the mutual connection of logical thinking and general awareness of students. This mutual relationship has been considered as a means to evaluate and develop combinatorial abilities in future primary school teachers. The assessment of the general cognitive abilities of students was carried out using the intelligence test (Eysenck, Raven). To assess the general awareness of students (the level of general cultural development, general humanitarian training, features of the microenvironment, as well as the level of general psychosocial development, etc.), the following methods were used: assessment of academic success; expert assessment of the level of general cultural development; assessment of the psychosocial development level. Original methodological techniques were used to stimulate students' interest in designing text-based mathematical tasks for primary school students at the formative stage of the study. The proposed methodological solutions have shown their effectiveness as a means of solving diagnostic tasks and developing combinatorial thinking in future teachers. The development of compositions of text mathematical tasks for primary school students is an effective tool for the development of students' combinatorial abilities. The proposed methodological solutions may be in demand in the training of future primary school teachers.