Activity-oriented Approach Research Articles

Infographic: Developmental Coordination Disorder (Part II) – Recommendations for Motor Interventions

Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have motor coordination below expectations for their chronologic age and are commonly described as clumsy 1. The goal of this infographic is to provide information on recommendations for motor intervention of DCD based on information available on a recent study 2. Overall, the literature affirms that children with a diagnosis of DCD should receive intervention. Both physical and occupational therapy are recommended and can help children perform everyday tasks. According to the international clinical practice guidelines 3, when planning a program of intervention, it is recommended that both the strengths and weaknesses of the individual in their environmental context should be taken into account in order to improve motor function, activity, and participation. Smits-Engelsman and colleagues 2 classified motor interventions with basis on the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) framework: 1) body function and structure (BF) oriented, where the activity engaged in is designed to improve targeted body functions considered to underlie the reported functional motor problem; 2) activity oriented where the activity engaged in is designed to improve performance in that activity; and 3) participation oriented, where the activity engaged in is designed to improve participation in that activity in an everyday life situation. Overall, positive benefits were evident for activity-oriented approaches, body function-oriented when combined with activities, active video games, and small group programs 2. However, the authors explained the need for more rigorous RCTs with follow-up to demonstrate sustained change rather than just short-term gains in performance. A specific approach that shows overall effectiveness is the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP), which is an individualized, task-specific (activity-oriented), cognitive-based, problem-solving approach for individuals experiencing difficulties performing the skills they want or need to do. A recent randomized waitlist-control trial showed that CO-OP was effective in achieving and maintaining functional motor goals after 3 months for children with DCD 4. Other specific recommendations involve the incorporation of physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness and functional strength) protocols, Neuromotor Task Training (NTT), and the use of motor imagery training 3. The severity of motor impairment affects not only the presentation of DCD but also participation, which has important implications for treatment 3. Different interventions may be required at key stages of development or periods of transition to target participation 5. Overall, it is recommended that individuals with DCD are given ample opportunity to practice movement skills to learn them and to participate in daily activities (e.g., at home, school, in community and leisure settings, and in sports).

ВПЛИВ КОМПЕТЕНТНІСНОГО ПІДХОДУ НА ФОРМУВАННЯ ОСОБИСТОСТІ МАЙБУТНЬОГО ФІЛОЛОГА-ПОЛОНІСТА В ОСВІТНЬОМУ ПРОЦЕСІ ЗАКЛАДУ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

The article examines the formation of a future specialist's readiness for professional activity in the process of studying at a higher education institution. The influence of the competence approach on the cognitive and activity organization of the educational process is clarified. The relationship between the competency-based approach in education and the personally-oriented and activity-oriented approaches to learning is analyzed, since, on the one hand, it concerns the student's personality, and on the other hand, it can be implemented and verified only in the process of a specific student performing a certain set of actions. The importance of using active learning methods in a higher education institution for the purpose of forming professional and personal competencies, awareness of problem situations, fighting motives, revaluation of values and their use in specific real situations during the study of the main components of professional training is considered. It is emphasized that the choice of values significant for the subject is carried out in accordance with his value competencies and is made under the influence of the sociocultural experience of the individual. It is emphasized that values are the objective basis of the formation of value competences and are learned only under the condition of acceptance by the individual, compliance of needs and interests with value competences, that is, if the individual identifies himself with them, reveals a personal meaning in them. An analysis of the respondents’ value orientations was carried out. It is emphasized that values are motivating competences, certain directing and accelerating motives of human behavior, activity, in particular professional. It is highlighted that providing a professional direction to the life aspirations and behavioral motives of a higher education seeker is an important moment in the formation of the personality of a future Polish specialist, the formation of stable life views, and professional beliefs.

Screening, structural characterization and anti-adipogenesis effect of a water-soluble polysaccharide from Lycium barbarum L. by an activity-oriented approach

This study aimed to describe the structural features and anti-adipogenesis effect of polysaccharides obtained from Lycium barbarum L. by a bioactivity-oriented purification method. First, crude polysaccharide LICP009 was identified as the main bioactive compound with potential inhibition of intracellular lipid accumulation. Bioactivity guided fractionation was further performed using ion-exchange chromatography and Sephadex G-50 to obtain the purified component LICP009-2-1. This component was mainly composed of arabinose (Ara), galactose (Gal), glucose (Glc), galacturonic acid (GalA), and glucuronic acid (GlcA) in a molar ratio of 40.2:31.5:4.2:5.8:5.7 with a molecular weight of 1.35 × 104 g/mol. Linkage and NMR data indicated that the backbone of LICP009-2-1 was consisted of a repeated unit of →3,6)-β-D-Galp-(1→ residues, with three branches composed of α-L-Araf-(1→, α-L-Araf-(1 → 5)-α-L-Araf-(1 → 5)-α-L-Araf-(1 → 3)-β-D-Galp-(1→, and α-L-Araf-(1 → 2)-α-L-Araf-(1→[4)-β-D-Galp-(1]3 → . In differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocyte model, LICP009-2-1 exhibited an antiadipogenic effect by decreasing lipid accumulation, as well as downregulating the expression of key transcription factors and proteins in the adipogenesis pathway in a dose-dependent manner. In high-fat-diet-induced obese mice, oral administration of LICP009-2-1 counteracted the progression of obesity and hyperlipidemia. These results indicated that LICP009-2-1 plays anti-adipogenic and anti-obesity roles both in vitro and in vivo, and could be an anti-obesity agent utilized as medicinal, pharmacological and functional food ingredient.

Практикалық-бағдарланған оқытудың мазмұнын жобалауға арналған белсенділік-құзыреттілік тәсілі

Creating modern education requires a new, activity-oriented approach. In contrast to traditional education, experience-oriented education, which is aimed at mastering knowledge, along with education, is aimed at acquiring skills, skills, and practical experience. Without gaining experience in the service, education is not considered practice-oriented, the level of which is determined by the methods of activity-competence approaches. The competence approach is aimed primarily at looking at the goals of professional education from a new perspective and evaluating the results, imposing its requirements on other components of the educational process – content, pedagogical technologies, means of control, and evaluation. The main thing is to design and implement learning technologies that create conditions for the inclusion of students in various activities (communication, problem-solving, discussions, project execution, practical work, business Games, analysis and reproduction of practical situations, building models of production situations).

Making in media education: An activity-oriented approach to digital literacy

Why is maker education a suitable approach for giving learners the 21st century skills they need to cope with the digital transformation? This article provides an answer and represents a defense of maker education in the field of educational science. Taking a human-media-machine interaction model as the basis for discussion, this article highlights the growing importance of digital technology as well as technological principles for human communication and interaction. Communication technology and the influence of technology on culture and society require a broad understanding of media literacy in the sense of digital literacy. By broadening the theoretical basis of media literacy education, making, coding and tinkering qualify as approaches for achieving these goals. The discussion uses the four classic dimensions of media literacy and action theory to argue in favor of these approaches.

Preparation, structural characterization and antioxidant activity of water-soluble polysaccharides and purified fractions from blackened jujube by an activity-oriented approach

This study aimed to investigate the structural features and antioxidant activity in vitro of crude blackened jujube polysaccharides (BJPs) and five purified polysaccharides based on the activity-oriented approach. The crude BJPs exhibited dose-dependent radical scavenging activity and total reducing capacity, and provided excellent protective effects against H2O2-damaged HUVECs via up-regulating mitochondrial membrane potential and down-regulating intracellular reactive oxygen species. After fractionation by column chromatography, the five purified components differed in chemical composition, molecular weight, monosaccharide composition (type and relative proportion) and FTIR band (peak pattern or intensity, especially in the range of 1000.0–1200.0 cm−1), as well as protective effects against H2O2-induced HUVECs. As the most abundant and potent antioxidant component, the backbone of BJP-3 was mainly composed of →4)-α-l-GalpA (1→, →5)-α-l-Araf (1→ residues with two terminals of T-α-l-Araf (1→ and T-β-d-Galp (1→. The above results compared the structural and bioactive properties of different blackened jujube polysaccharides and highlighted their potential as antioxidants for functional foods.

Нецерковное религиозное большинство как проблема современной Православной Церкви: социально-философский аспект

The article is devoted to the actual problem for the Russian Orthodox Church related to the new phenomenon in the history of the Church – the non-church religious majority consisting of people baptized in the Orthodox Church but practically not identifying themselves with the Church and even opposing themselves to it. This phenomenon characterizes our society as post-secular which religiosity was separated from the main religious institutions and became an individual project that everyone realizes independently, using what traditional religious institutions give, for example Baptism, but maintaining from them independence and distance. The actual strategy of the Russian Orthodox Church in the interaction with the state and society is traditionally focused on the idea of a symphony of powers of the state and the church but this strategy is ineffective in interaction with society. The reason is the non-church nature of the religious majority and also the absence of the expected socially significant activity of the Church that people would be ready to identify with. The internal mission of Church for the baptized people is oriented towards the knowledge-based approach and fits as such into the post-secular model of religiosity. The activity-oriented approach can change the situation. It requires socially significant activity from the Church and involving people into it. This will be a return to the ancient practice of the Church, when the life of a Christian was associated with serving his neighbor. Such activities will make it possible to actualize the Christian teaching in the modern anthropological and social situation, will reveal the essence of the Christian idea of ontological transcending, which consists not in avoiding people, but in communication, and will allow the Church to carry out its mission in the post-secular space as a socially significant institution.

Systematic activity-oriented separation and structure-activity relationship of tobacco cembranoids

Cembranoids are a class of glandular trichome exudates with a variety of structural variations and biological activities, and are found in high quantities in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). However, few studies have conducted preparative separation and examined the activities of cembranoids other than (1S,2E,4S,6R,7E,11E)-2,7,11-cembratriene-4,6-diol (α-CBT-diol, 1) and (1S,2E,4R,6R,7E,11E)-2,7,11-cembratriene-4,6-diol (β-CBT-diol, 2); thus, the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of cembranoids remains unclear. Here, to deduce the SAR of cembranoids, raw cembranoid extract was systematically separated through an activity-oriented approach with preparative reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Each fraction was identified, and their antifungal, insecticidal, and cytotoxic bioactivities were evaluated. Composition analysis and activity detection of primary fractions (Fr.1–Fr.10) revealed that cembranoid activity might be influenced by the number of hydroxyl groups and degree of unsaturation (macrocycle and double bonds). Sub-fraction analysis showed that the antifungal activity of cembranoids was related to the number of hydroxyl groups and double bonds, and that their cytotoxic activity was affected by the type and position of substituents. Furthermore, all four factors could influence insecticidal activity. By conducting in-depth studies of single cembranoids, their SARs were summarized. The existence of Δ11,12/Δ7,8 and hydroxylation at C-6/C-4 contributed to the antifungal activity of cembranoids. Variation in the type and position of substituents also significantly affected antifungal activity, of which Δ11,12 was the most influential factor. Additionally, the change in substituent configuration at C-4 and C-12 had no significant effect on antifungal activity. The insecticidal activity of cembranoids benefited from the existence of 4-hydroxyl, which greatly enhanced their binding affinity; however, functional groups substituted at other positions decreased insecticidal activity. Cytotoxic activity was positively correlated with α-configuration at C-4 and hydroxylation at C-6 but inversely correlated with 4-methoxy substitution. Among them, 6-hydroxyl formed the core; the α-/β-configuration at C-12 and 4-/12-substitution of cembranoids did not affect their insecticidal activity. Insecticidal activity might play a key role by restraining acetylcholinesterase activity through hydrophobic interactions between the cembranoid carbon skeleton and residues located at the acetylcholinesterase binding pocket. These findings may provide a foundation for the development of novel cembranoid-based pesticides and medicines.

МЕТОДИЧНІ ЗАСАДИ ЗДІЙСНЕННЯ МЕДІАЦІЇ ПІД ЧАС НАВЧАННЯ ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ

The paper presents methodological foundations of conducting mediation in the process of teaching foreign languages to students that do not specialize in translation. Outcomes of the research are the following: principles of the concept of conducting mediation described in the Companion Volume to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages CEFR are analyzed and principles applicable for teaching mediation to students are outlined; typical communicative situations in which mediation is carried out are analyzed; the practical orientation of the mediation process in foreign language teaching is explained; algorithms for creating mediation tasks are developed; possibilities of optimization of educational process through the integration of mediation tasks are considered; examples of tasks for execution of mediation are suggested. It is concluded that in light of the significance of functions that mediation serves in the nowadays society, it is necessary to take into account the problem of incorporating teaching of meditation into the process of foreign languages teaching. Advanced mediation concept, which is presented in the Companion Volume to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages CEFR, provides theoretical principles for the development of methodologies for teaching mediation. Social functions of language use in mediation lay the foundations of these methodologies. Peculiarities of mediation tasks are the following: tasks are based on the educational goal that is formulated on the basis of illustrative scales with competencies for mediation that are provided in the Companion Volume to CEFR, tasks have natural for students communicative situation, which indicates for whom and with what purpose mediation is carried out. Provided that these requirements are met, mediation tasks fully and completely correspond to the activity-oriented approach in foreign language teaching and help to optimize educational process.

Analysis of religious tourism in Ukraine: challenges of time and prospects

The main objectives of tourism business management are to develop and implement new strategies for promoting the product in the tourism market with the help of new technologies, as well as improve the existing ones due to using the main management functions. The article aims to improve the religious tourism sector in the modern tourism market and draw attention to religious tourism management. Research methods include analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, forecasting, as well as the use of systemic, activity-oriented, historical and culturological approaches. The article offers some ways of solving the issues of religious tourism, taking into account the specifics of this sector. It also covers some problematic issues in religious tourism in the context of the main management functions. The article proves that the potential of religious tourism is unrealized in terms of management and marketing research on tourism. The crisis of the global tourism industry, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has done significant harm to the entire tourism sector of Ukraine’s economy. But it opens a unique window of opportunities for Ukraine to become a world-famous religious destination. The WTTC drew attention to this, urging public and private sector leaders to work together to pave the way for the economic recovery, needed for the travel and tourist industry and create millions of jobs.

Research work culture as an important part of the research activities of undergraduates of the program “Mathematics in professional education”

Research activity of a modern graduate of the pedagogical magistracy is a prerequisite for his or her professional and pedagogical activity. Development and implementation of their own pedagogical approaches as well as their own curricula can only be performed by a creative teacher of Mathematics. The one who has a high level of a research work culture. In the process of the research, made on the basis of the integration of culturological, activity-oriented, axiological and personal approaches, the concept of “research work culture” of a Mathematics teacher was updated. In the structure of this concept, four components were identified: cognitive, technological, axiological, and subjective. The results of experimental work on the formation of the research work culture of undergraduates in the direction of training “Pedagogical education” of the program “Mathematics in professional education”, showing the effectiveness of the chosen methodology.

Activity-Based Approach In Social Workers’ Professional Training

Social work education in Ukraine has changed dramatically over the last decades. It has a strong connection with the evolution of social work education as a field of professional practice. Recent changes in Ukrainian social policy, in particular the implementation of professional education requirements, based on the competency-oriented approach, the implementation of professional standards for social workers, the distinction of social work in a separate field of science and the complexity of social practice require the creation of unified training curriculum that corresponds to social needs and practice requirements. Creating a meaningful learning environment and raising awareness of professional objectives would be achievable by applying an activity-oriented approach to the professional education of social workers. This means that knowledge could never be isolated from activity. Activity-oriented educational practices contain the core components of professional activities and concern different aspects of social work. Profession-oriented practice includes general (volunteer activities, research, social project design, organizational and management) and additional (communicative, play and game, teamwork) forms and technologies, which demand from students to accumulate their experience in obtaining the essential forms of professional activities. Professional practice encompasses a set of principles, based on the prioritization of the social work profession, individual activity, participation and reflection, which make possible the development of the student's personal maturity and independence.

INCULCATING THE SKILLS OF IMPROVISATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS THROUGH THE PROJECT METHOD OF TEACHING BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

The emphasis of the current Basic Science and Technology Education (BSTE) curriculum is on activity-oriented approach to teaching and learning which is child centered. The implication of child centered learning is that each pupil should be provided with the necessary materials to participate in the teaching and learning process. The increasing enrollment of pupils in primary schools place a lot of demands on proprietors and school administrators in the provision of necessary facilities for the implementation of the Basic Science and Technology Education curriculum. This write up unveil the secrets of the project method of teaching in supplementing facilities for Basic Science and Technology teaching with improvised materials particularly in primary schools. The process involves the development of skills in the learners such as questioning, manipulation, measurement, design and modeling to create equipment using local resources available in the environment. The role of the teacher is to create enabling environment for the pupils to acquire and demonstrate these skills. The use of local materials in improvising science equipment demystifies the notion that science is foreign and consequently triggers the innate curiosity of pupils to learn. The provision of good working condition for teachers and encouragement of pupil who have exhibited outstanding skills in designing equipment are advocated to promote the project method in improvisation.

Adaptation, Association, and Analogy: Triple A of the Translator’s Decision-Making

The article is dedicated to the analysis of concurrent verbalizations (also known as Think-Aloud Protocols, or TAPs) of semi-professional subjects of the introspective experiment based on the initial excerpt of Steven Brust’s fantasy novel The Desecrator. The research was conducted on the basis of activity-oriented approach within which translation is treated as an integrated cognitive process that unites perceptive, interpretative and productive operations. The participants of the experiment were students for Master’s Degree in Translation at the School of Foreign Languages of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The choice was determined by the fact that the subjects of this type have a high level of a foreign language competence as well as sufficient theoretical background in translation, while, at the same time, they lack practical experience which requires from them considerable psycho-cognitive and creative effort for decision-making in ambiguous situations. The aim of the research is to determine the role of adaptation, association and analogy in resolving problem situations in translation. Adaptation, association and analogy were highlighted as both psychological mechanisms and cognitive procedures of the translator’s decision-making. The psychological function of adaptation lies in bringing the translator to the state of adaptivity by applying available knowledge to new situations; its cognitive function lies in adjusting new or alien to the target audience concepts in accordance with the translator’s individual worldview. Psycho-cognitive function of association is twofold: firstly, the translator is expected to decipher and reproduce associations underlying the author’s decisions; secondly, the translator’s own decisions are often of associative nature. Analogical reasonings substantiate the translator’s choices through similarity-based heuristics, like those of representativeness and compatibility. The research allowed to expose some varieties of psycho-cognitive mistakes and to express the assumption that the translator’s erroneous decisions are ensued by the malfunctioning of the above mechanisms, i.e. by incorrect adaptations, associations, analogies.

PECULIARITIES OF TEACHING MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WITH UKRAINIAL LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

The article considers the peculiarities of teaching medical and biological physics to Ukrainian-speaking international students. This discipline requires implementing the systemic activity-oriented approach to make the process of educational more effective and interesting. It is important to take into account the cultural, social, psychological, communicative and linguistic peculiarities of foreign students, while organizing their training. We find using a system of thoroughly selected tasks of different levels, starting from the simplest ones, aimed at studying the terms and the definitions of academic discipline concepts, and ending with solving complex tasks. It has been shown that this approach combined with clear and well-planned structure of practical classes, understandable learning motivation is of a great importance. This contributed to an increase in the quality performance of international students with Ukrainian language instruction. The article highlights the necessity of improving teaching materials, including the system of various difficulty levels tasks and visual aids, the need to develop new methods and adequate indicators for assessing the effectiveness of the proposed approach to teaching medical and biological physics in groups of international students and identifying the most informative characteristics provide their training success.

ЦИФРОВОЙ ДОКУМЕНТ: СТАРАЯ СУЩНОСТЬ В НОВОЙМ ЯВЛЕНИИ

The article deals with the problem of the essence of the digital document as a social phenomenon. The paper analyses the standard established identification characteristics of the digital document, as well as the ideas about its essential characteristics in Russian and foreign science. The author expresses her opinion on the problem and presents the proof, founded on the study of a digital document on the basis of philosophical, social, and activity-oriented approaches and on the theory of social self-organization, which forms the scientific novelty of the article. The author comes to the conclusion that a digital document appeared as a result of the new technological information revolution, just like written and typewritten (man-made) documents appeared as a result of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. Therefore, the essence and the social role of a digital document remain unchanged. The identification feature of a digital document, as well as of a document in analogue format, is its form (structure), including the content and the metadata. Regardless of the form of representation, in analogue format or digital, the document retains its essential properties of an evidentiary and legal force, and the essential functions – information and instrumental, which allow a digital document to serve as an information resource and a social tool. In understanding the essence of a digital document, it is important to take into account not only its relationship with the information system in which its entire life cycle takes place, but also its social role as an instrument of socially and legally significant action and social selforganization.

Student-Centered Pedagogy – Lessons from DPEP

India has always been a center of education from the glorious era of Nalanda and Thakshasila. The last three decades have witnessed some remarkable transformations in the traditional environment of teaching learning. The subject-oriented and teacher-oriented methods have given way to the student-oriented approach. One of the major breakthroughs in the reforms was the introduction of the District Primary Education Program. This concept revolutionized the entire primary education field. This article illustrates the design concepts and implementation strategies of the program, along with the impact on the teaching learning environment. This also elucidates some of the serious concerns about this activity-oriented approach.

From the seat to the system: Re-designing a tram drivers' workstation combining technical and contextual aspects

Through the detailed account of a design case-study, the paper aims to demonstrate how the activity-oriented approach promotes a systems perspective in ergonomics interventions. Specifically, by presenting an activity-oriented re-design of a tram drivers' workstation, it is shown: (i) how technical and contextual aspects were jointly considered, (ii) how their combination affects workers' activity in a non-trivial manner, and (iii) how this system level view helped generate feasible and sustainable design solutions. First, the activity-oriented theoretical lens is briefly presented, followed by the analysis of the tram driving activity, emphasizing on drivers' efforts to compensate for the original work-system design flaws. Next, key elements of the re-design process are presented, through a concept map, combining technical and contextual aspects, coupled with an account of stakeholder debates and resolution processes. The paper ends with a discussion on the lessons learned, concerning the adopted approach for design interventions in real work situations.

Enabling meaningful activities and quality of life in long-term care facilities: The stepwise development of a participatory client-centred approach in Flanders

Introduction Meaningful activities of daily living promote the quality of life of residents of long-term care facilities. This project aimed to develop an approach to enable meaningful activities of daily living and to guide long-term care facilities in a creative and innovative attitude towards residents' meaningful activities of daily living. Method The approach was developed in six steps: (1) in-depth-interviews with 14 residents; (2) a survey with 171 residents; (3) a systematic map and synthesis review on interventions enriching meaningful activities of daily living; (4) qualitative analysis of 24 ‘good examples’ and, to support future implementation, (5) focus groups with staff ( n = 69). Results determined the components of the new approach which was (6) pilot-tested in one long-term care facility. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered concerning benefits for the residents and feasibility for the staff. Results A client- and activity-oriented approach was developed, characterised by an active participatory attitude of residents and staff and a systematic iterative process. Significant positive effects were found for the number of activities, the satisfaction with the leisure offered, the social network, medication use, but not for quality of life. The approach appeared to be feasible. Conclusion This approach stimulates residents' meaningful activities of daily living and social life. Further investigation is needed to evaluate its outcome and implementation potentials.

Self-classification of assembly database using evolutionary method

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to develop a method of automatic classification of the components of the assembly units. The method is crucial for developing an automatic ship assembly planning tools. The proposed method takes into account the assumptions specific for shipbuilding technology processes: high complexity of structures, difficult expert-based classification of components, fixed priority relations between connections resulting from geometrical constraints and demands of welding processes.Design/methodology/approachThe set of ex post determined liaisons and assembly sequences constitutes the database of structures which have been made-up earlier. The components classification problem is solved using matrix coding of graphs. Information in such form is stored in the database. The minimization of number of cycles in the graph of classes sequence and minimization of diversity of classes within all constructions has been proposed as criteria of optimization. The genetic algorithm has been proposed as a solution method.FindingsThe proposed method solves the problem of components’ classifications. It allows setting the pattern of priorities between classes of various connections. This gives a chance to determine the relationship constraints between the connections of new structures for which assembly sequences are not established.Research limitations/implicationsMathematical formulation of the database is quite laborious. The possibility of partial automation of this process should be considered. Owing to the complexity of the problem, a relatively simple objective function has been proposed. During a ship hull assembly, additional criteria should be taken into account, what will be the direction of further research.Practical implicationsAutomatic classification of components is dedicated for implementation in shipyards and similar assembly systems. Tests performed by the authors confirm efficiency of presented method in supporting management of the database and assembly of new structures planning. Suggested activity-oriented approach allows for easy conversion of any assembly unit structure to the form of a matrix.Originality/valueThe new approach for components classification according to its assembly features distinguishes the proposed method from others. The use of nilpotent matrix theory in an acyclicity of graphs analysis is also a unique achievement. Original crossover and mutation operators for assembly sequence were proposed in the article.