Development of students’ visual thinking based on the use of sketchnoting techniques

Abstract

The article presents a theoretical analysis of key concepts. The article proves that in the process of teaching students at the university it is necessary to apply innovative means and methods of developing visual thinking. One of the means to supplement and enhance the process of memorization, as well as the analysis of information using simple images that contribute to the effective development of visual thinking, is sketchnoting techniques. The article discusses the ways of using sketchnoting as a technology for developing students’ visual thinking. The study reflects the developed diagnostic tools for determining the level of development of visual thinking of first-year students. The article describes the main stages of experimental verification of the effectiveness of the methodology for the development of visual thinking of students based on the use of sketchnoting techniques: primary diagnostics, the stage of introducing the methodology into the scientific and educational process of the university, the stage of verifying the effectiveness of the methodology (through secondary (control) diagnostics). Based on the analysis of the results of diagnostic measurements, a positive dynamics of the level of development of visual thinking of students was revealed, which made it possible to prove the effectiveness of the applied techniques involving the use of sketchnoting techniques.