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Into the Buzzing World: Integrating Artwork with Fieldwork to Learn About Bees

This article describes a pedagogical approach that integrated artistic expression with experiential fieldwork to enhance pupils’ learning of bees. Initially, pupils were tasked with creating an artwork of a bee or bees based on their preconceived notions, allowing teachers to identify their prior ideas of bees. Afterward, an immersive field activity was conducted to provide pupils with an opportunity to close-up observe live honey and native bees in canola fields and their pollination processes. Through teacher-guided explorations, pupils systematically inspected the morphology of various bee species, relating their external structures to associated functions. The fieldwork allowed for detailed observations of bees’ features, such as the proboscis, antennae, and legs, and their roles in nectar collection and pollen distribution. In addition, exposure to honey and native bees informed pupils of the differences in their stinging, nesting and sociality. Pupils’ summative reflections post-fieldwork suggest that the immersive fieldwork enabled multi-sensory modes of learning barely available in a traditional classroom setting. By juxtaposing the new insights from field observations with the prior ideas of bees embodied in their initial artworks, pupils achieved gains in both their conceptual understandings and perceptual knowledge about bees. Pupils acknowledged deeper understandings of bee anatomy, pollination processes and the diversity within bee species. This approach to learning about bees epitomizes the value of empirical investigation for advancing pupils’ scientific practices and understanding life science core ideas of how animals' external structures fulfill various functions and of how plants and pollinators are interdependent, as highlighted in <i>the Next Generation Science Standards</i>. The integration of artwork creation and experiential fieldwork exemplifies an effective pedagogical approach for enhancing pupils' engagement and learning of biological ideas.

In rod we trust-The evaluation of a virtual rod and frame test as a cybersickness screening instrument.

Although Virtual Reality (VR) holds massive potential, its applicability still faces challenges because some individuals experience cybersickness. This phenomenon includes general discomfort, disorientation, and/or nausea, and it threatens not only a pleasant user experience but also the user's safety. Thus, predicting a user's susceptibility without relying on screening questionnaires that focus on past experiences, would enable more pleasant, safer VR experiences, especially for first-time users. Hence, the current study uses the participant's controller input in a virtual Rod and Frame Test (RFT) as an effortlessly trackable performance measure. The RFT is an established method for measuring an individual's sense of verticality in visually displaced fields. It has been used in the context of simulator sickness and cybersickness. In line with the literature and the subjective vertical mismatch theory, a lower visual dependency is expected to be correlated positively with cybersickness. To evaluate the potential of the RFT as a screening method for cybersickness, a cybersickness-inducing virtual environment (the City) was deployed. In total, data from 76 participants were eligible for the statistical analysis. The study finds a positive correlation between lower visual dependency and cybersickness, but only for the group that took the RFT after experiencing the City and only for the post-RFT cybersickness ratings. As cybersickness symptoms were VR environment-specific, the predictive validity of the RFT considering the VR-specific attributes is limited. Further, other studies attributed different working mechanisms to explain the connection between visual dependence and cybersickness with conflicting evidence. Although the RFT is not applicable as a cybersickness screening method, the effect sizes suggest that the RFT could serve as an additional objective assessment of the individuals' current state during VR exposure. Future research should systematically explore interconnections between the various factors that contribute to cybersickness, pursuing the idea of open science for context sensitivity.

A new series of corpus presentations

The Journal of Language and Aging Research (JLAR) presents a new series of corpus presentations. The series is meant to feature research data suitable for analyzing the processes and manifestations of linguistic aging. Dedicated to the idea of open science, data are presented with regard to the principles of findability, availability, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR). Limitations of open access due to ethical concerns and possible other limitations are discussed. The series of corpus presentations allows for a standardized introduction of newly conceived or established datasets, promotes the exchange, on an empirical basis, of Language and Aging Research (LAR), stimulates the discussion of standards in Research Data Management (RDM), and motivates the further development and sharing of resources and techniques within the community. Faced with age-related bias in artificial intelligence and with copyright issues, settling the provenance of datasets representing older adults and guaranteeing their originality holds immense significance.

Analysis of students’ conceptual change in learning Newton’s third law with an integrated framework of model analysis and knowledge integration

The purpose of this study is to examine how students may hold coexisting and competing conceptual ideas and how students’ uses of such ideas may evolve during the process of conceptual change by combining two complementary methods including model analysis and the conceptual framework model of knowledge integration. Conceptual change is fundamental to science learning, highlighting the processes of students’ transitions from predominantly relying on alternative views to using scientific ones. Recent studies suggest a growing consensus that alternative views and scientific conceptions coexist and compete in students’ learning. However, explicit research on how the states of coexistence and competition evolve during the process of conceptual change is underdeveloped. Building on existing research, the model analysis provides a quantitative framework to represent the different consistent and coexisting/competing states through probabilities of consistent and/or mixed (coexisting) use of incorrect and scientific ideas. Meanwhile, the conceptual framework model of knowledge integration provides content-specific, cognitive explanations for the developmental levels and processes of conceptual change from novice to expert. By combining these two methods, researchers can gain insights into how the coexistence and competition among different conceptual ideas may evolve as conceptual change progresses. To target the research goal, a model-based knowledge integration assessment of Newton’s third law is developed to measure students’ levels of knowledge integration and model states in a single test. Quantitative data were collected from Chinese high school students, supplemented by interviews with a subgroup from the same population. The model analysis results show the heterogeneity of conceptual development and the evolving competition across novice, intermediate, and expert students, as well as across different concept dimensions. The interviews provide cognitive explanations for the observed model states, framed from the lens of knowledge integration. These insights can inform the development of effective assessments and instructional strategies to facilitate favorable conceptual change in student learning. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Methodological design difficulties spiritual and moral education in modern mathematics education in Russia

Introduction. Comprehension of the methodology of mathematics education from the position of the modern view of education becomes especially demanded, as Russia is currently facing the task of preserving traditional spiritual and moral values. The purpose of this study: to identify and reveal methodological difficulties and errors of designing spiritual and moral education in modern mathematics education, as well as to propose ways to eliminate them. Materials and methods. Comparative analysis, generalization and systematization of scientific ideas of Russian and foreign scientists, allowed to identify differences in the definition of the scope of the category «spiritual and moral values». The study was conducted by the authors for five years (2018- 2023). More than 100 people took part in the experimental work, including students of Bunin Yelets State University, mathematics teachers of higher educational institutions of Voronezh, Elets, Moscow, Orel and other cities of Russia. Results. On the basis of system analysis and experimental work, the reasons for the difficulties in designing education (specifics of the subject of mathematics, differences in the understanding of spiritual and moral values in different civilizations, etc.) were revealed. The greatest divergence of opinions was recorded in the evaluation of the experience of moral education in the Soviet school (46% of respondents were in favor and 48% were against borrowing this experience). At the same time, 82% of respondents agree with the need to form spiritual and moral qualities in schoolchildren in the process of teaching mathematics. Discussion of results and conclusion. Designing spiritual and moral education at present involves a number of methodological errors and difficulties inherited from the Soviet past. The Soviet experience of moral education in the process of teaching mathematics does not meet the requirements of modern Russia, the European experience contradicts national traditions, and the experience of Eastern countries with communitarian consciousness only partially meets the principles of Christian ethics. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the development of a conceptual model of designing spiritual and moral education, which includes three levels (education of a good person, education of a good citizen, education of a Christian) and allows to partially eliminate the identified methodological difficulties.

Identification of Legal Psychology as an Independent Branch of Law

The science article conducts a theoretical and legal analysis of a new field of scientific knowledge – legal psychology from the standpoint of its perception as an independent branch of law. In the context of the above, the problematic aspects of legal psychology as a scientific, educational and applied branch of legal knowledge are studied on the basis of previously developed by legal psychologists levels of interaction and integration of law and psychology. The formation of legal psychology as a science and vectors of application of its achievements in judicial practice is analyzed. The author's approach in the formation of a new independent branch of law – legal psychology and determining its place in the classification of branches of law is proposed. The author emphasizes the need and urgent demand for the separation of legal psychology as a separate special branch of law that can regulate specific legal relations inherent in the fundamental (profiling) branches of law. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that in domestic legal science the division of the legal system in the field is assessed not in terms of its practical value, but rather in terms of confirming and defending certain scientific and theoretical ideas and concepts, contrary to the expediency of combining certain legal relations in the branch of law to achieve the desired social result through comprehensive study and regulation of specific relations. This, in turn, slows down the formation of new branches of law demanded by legal practice, among which legal psychology is singled out. It is emphasized that the question of the branch affiliation of legal psychology has not only theoretical but also practical significance, uniting individual legal relations in the field of law in order to achieve the desired social result through comprehensive study and regulation of these relations. Attention is drawn to the special classification of legal psychology as a special branch of law, as the latter combines the rules of law governing public relations and related to primary social relations aimed at concretization, strengthening certain rules of basic branches of law, while providing special legal regime for a particular type of social relations. By subordination in legal regulation, legal psychology belongs to the procedural types of branches of law, as it combines the rules of law that determine the procedure, the order for implementing substantive law (criminal procedure, civil procedure, commercial procedure, administrative procedure law). It is proposed to include legal psychology in an independent branch of law, given the presence of features that are inherent in the branches of law; the specificity of the regime of legal regulation; its direct connection with the needs of practice; recognition of its achievements in judicial practice; unification of certain legal relations in the subject of law; conditionality of functional purpose and the place of this industry in the legal system (its type in the classification of industries).

STEM-Project based Learning in Physics Concept of Measurement to Enhance High School Students' Scientific Literacy

Students' scientific literacy in understanding physics concepts still needs to improve. This study aims to determine scientific literacy using STEM Project-based Learning (PjBL) in learning physics, especially measurement concepts. The study used the Classroom Action Research (CAR) method with the Kemmis and McTaggart model, including planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subjects were students in the tenth grade of SMA Negeri 8 Yogyakarta for the 2023/2024 academic year, consisting of 33 students. The data collection techniques and instruments used a written test with three questions describing scientific literacy, observation, and documentation. STEM-PjBL through project activities carried out in two learning cycles. In the first cycle, the teacher implemented a project for making posters regarding measuring instrument specifications, while in the second cycle, there was a project for making miniature measuring instruments. After the first cycle, students' scientific literacy increased to 0.48 with a moderate category. In the second cycle, it increased to 0.68. Using STEM-PjBL is thought to have just a modest improvement. These results underline the potential of STEM-PjBL as a fundamental teaching tool to improve students' scientific literacy as they show how well it fosters a strong awareness of physics ideas. Future studies could examine the effects of STEM-PjBL on more scientific ideas or within varied educational environments.

At the crossroads: Patočka and Althusser on the idea of modern science

At the crossroads: Patočka and Althusser on the idea of modern science

Векторы социальной психологии: опережая время (к 100-летию со дня рождения Галины Михайловны Андреевой)

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective.</strong> Analysis of the main methodological and theoretical directions in social psychology developed by Professor Galina Mikhailovna Andreyeva, one of the founders of Russian social psychology; consideration of the key problems of modern social psychology. <br><strong>Background. </strong>The vectors of scientific knowledge identified by G.M. Andreyeva and the problems she developed in the field of social psychology have become general methodological principles in various fields of psychological science. Among them there are the problems of joint activity and communication, which have become the basis for the study of social groups and personality. A fundamental principle of the new paradigm of social psychology offered by G.M. Andreyeva, – the issues of the influence of the social context and the influence of social changes on the formation (construction) of a person's world image and his social behavior. Significant moments in the field of social cognition created by G.M. Andreyeva are highlighted. The potential of her main ideas in modern psychology is shown. The main biographical data of Galina Andreyeva are presented, showing her life path and significant for the creation of the G.M. Andreyeva School of Social Psychology at Moscow University. <br><strong>Methodology.</strong> The article uses methods of deductive analysis; methods of historical and psychological hermeneutics. <br><strong>Conclusions.</strong> The main scientific ideas of G.M. Andreeva not only became the theoretical and methodological basis for understanding and explaining the fundamental problems of socio-psychological knowledge, but also made a huge contribution to understanding the ongoing social changes.</p>

On role models and Joe LeDoux.

Joseph LeDoux is a pioneering neuroscientist who has made profound discoveries that continue to impact our understanding of the neural basis of emotion and memory, particularly the role of the amygdala in threat conditioning. LeDoux's trailblazing and elegant studies were some of the first to examine the circuit basis of behavior. His work combined techniques to trace pathways into and out of the amygdala important for threat conditioning and related behaviors. Since that time, these types of circuit tracing studies have exploded in popularity across neuroscience, and I would argue, we all owe a debt to LeDoux for this. LeDoux has made numerous additional contributions to neuroscience and, by bringing emotion back to neuroscience, has helped unite neuroscience with psychology. A gifted writer with a knack for communicating complicated scientific ideas in an accessible manner, LeDoux has become an ambassador of science who uses his love of music to help educate and inspire. Perhaps more important than these laudable scientific achievements, LeDoux is also a true "gentleman" of science, showing that science need not be a contact sport. Here, I give a personal account on why Joseph LeDoux is one of my scientific role models.

A Review on Recent One Pot Multi-Component Synthesis and Biological Properties of a Class of New Class of Chromenes, Coumarines, Chromeno-Pyrimidines, Pyrido-Pyrimidine and Quinazoline Heterocycles

The chromenes, coumarines, pyrido-pyrimidine and quinazoline cores possesses a vast number of biological activities such as anticancer, anti-malarial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-tubercular activities and the conventional classical synthetic methods have harsh conditions having multistep process. Currently, researchers are in search of new methodology to eliminate the use of chemicals, solvents and catalysts, which are hazardous to human health as well as to environment. This review provides a concise overview of new dimensions of one pot multi-component synthetic approaches in designing chromenes, coumarines, pyrido-pyrimidine and quinazoline scaffolds. This review will give more scientific ideas to synthesis a variety of heterocyclic moieties in a new synthetic way following the one-pot multi-component method.

Монетарна ентропія в умовах економічної глобалізації

Introduction. Changes occurring in the nature of money in the context of globalization have long been of interest to economists. Instead, the events of recent years have shown that such changes can also be caused by profound transformations that are natural ones and subject to general physical laws. Problem Statement. Establishing the dependence of the further development of money as an economic category on the action of the second law of thermodynamics. The purpose is the analysis of scientific ideas at the junction of economics and physics (ecophysics) and their spread to the monetary sphere ,in particular considering the manifestation of monetary entropy in the process of the international monetary system. Methods. General scientific and special methods are used: analysis, synthesis, description, comparison, theoretical generalization and abstract-logical analyses. Results. This publication introduces the concept of monetary entropy as a state of chaoticization of the essence of money (entropy of money) and the monetary system as a whole. The development of monetary entropy is considered as the result of cyclical development according to the Hegelian model “thesis-antithesis-synthesis”, which allows to avoid complete chaosization of the monetary sphere due to its transition to a new level of the spiral of development. The current state of the development of money as an economic category and the international monetary system as a whole, caused by the impact of the globalization process on them, proves that they are at the stage of another transition from entropy to negentropy, which can lead to the emergence of Global Money. Conclusions. Turning to the issue of predicting the future of money, it should be noted that there is an opinion that soon money will simply become a relic of the past and disappear altogether, leaving the probable technological singularity as one of its consequences, the very liquidation (more precisely, the senselessness of existence ) of money as an economic category. One of the possibilities of the technological singularity is the emergence of a post-scarcity society in which there will be a surplus of resources and the needs of every member of society will be fully satisfied (a variant of capitalist communism, when even an unconditional basic income will appear to be an unacceptable minimum for satisfying needs, because the principle from each according to his abilities to each according to his needs will be implemented. However, the change will not happen overnight, so there will most likely be a transition period during which humanity will still use money and the concept of money will evolve rather than disappear completely.

Designing Learning Centres that Facilitate Knowledge Construction on Science Process Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms

Science education is perceived to have the potential to develop 21st century competencies. In Zimbabwe, the teaching of science in early childhood by using learning centres is considered as a way of empowering young learners with scientific knowledge and skills to become productive citizens in future. To strengthen the initiative, resources are being channelled and policies crafted to support the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Despite considerable efforts to introduce STEM in early childhood development (ECD), research concerning the benefits of developing science skills using learning centres is sparse. This study adopted an interpretive paradigm and multiple case study design for three schools and three purposively selected ECD teachers. Data was solicited through semi-structured interviews, document analysis and classroom observations. The variable nature of learning centres in ECD classrooms is an indication of shortcomings in policy on teaching using learning centres. At learning centres, learners construct scientific knowledge, ideas and skills through interaction with peers and developmentally appropriate materials. Teachers should be creative and innovative and create learning centres that enable learners to explore the world and construct scientific knowledge through active participation and sharing ideas. A policy to guide the teachers on constructing appropriate learning centres for effective teaching of science skills should be drafted.

Правовое сотворчество публичной власти и общества как совместная деятельность

The article examines the phenomenon of legal co-creation of public authorities and society in relation to the category of joint activity. The interdisciplinary nature of these categories and the productivity of their joint research are indicated. Considering the basic concepts of joint activity developed in sociology and social psychology, the authors of the work come to the conclusion that the accumulated knowledge in these scientific fields can act as a fundamental theoretical and methodological basis for the study of legal co-creation as a special kind of joint activity in the law-making sphere. In substantiation of this thesis, the general signs of joint activity and legal co-creation are given, revealing their unified socio-psychological nature and characterizing the corresponding specifics. Some special legal features are also highlighted and the definition of the concept of legal co-creation is clarified. In conclusion, it is indicated that the use of the potential of methodological resources of interdisciplinary knowledge will provide a more in-depth knowledge of the essence and content, structure and forms of legal co-creation, which is a special kind of joint activity. The formulated scientific ideas are aimed at developing and enriching the theory of legal co-creation, and will also contribute to creating conditions for optimizing the practice of this legal activity.

Steroidal saponins: Natural compounds with the potential to reverse tumor drug resistance (Review).

Steroidal saponins are a type of natural product that have been widely used in Chinese herbal medicine, with a variety of pharmacological activities, such as antitumor, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial effects. Cancer has become a growing global health problem, and drug therapy is currently the most important clinical antitumor treatment. However, drug resistance is a major obstacle to the effectiveness of chemotherapy, resulting in >90% of deaths of patients with cancer receiving conventional chemotherapy. It has been found that steroidal saponins may exert an effect on the reversal of drug resistance in tumor cells by regulating apoptosis, autophagy, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and drug efflux through multiple related signaling pathways. The present study reviews the role and mechanism of steroidal saponins in the treatment of tumor drug resistance, aiming to provide a scientific basis and research ideas for the future development and clinical application of natural steroidal saponins.

Preface

Introduction Under the patronage of H.E. Prof. Mahad Said Ali Baawain, Minister of Labour, the University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS) - Suhar, Oman, has hosted the Second International Conference on Environmental Science and Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESESD 2024) on March 6th and 7th, 2024, continuing the event’s successful first iteration, which was held in March 2022. The conference provided an excellent forum for exchanging knowledge and findings in the theory, methodology, and applications among academicians, industry professionals, researchers, and students, who have presented their latest research outcomes, as well as solidifying networks. Prominently, the attendees have discussed how to use scientific ideas and cutting-edge technology to explore potential novel, sustainable solutions to pressing environmental problems and to foster new partnerships in various fields include, but not exclusive to: Carbon Neutrality, Pollution and Carbon Emission Management, Renewable Energy, Circular economy, Applications of Nanotechnology to Serve Environmental Issues, Materials Science and its Applications for Sustainability, Engineering Design to Serve Sustainability Purposes, AI and IoT Applications in Environment and Sustainable Development, Biological and Environmental Sciences in Sustainable Development, Human Behaviour and Societal Influences on Environmental Sustainability. The conference was organized in hybrid modes of both physical and virtual via online, in a way that enabled a broad spectrum of participation from more than 8 countries and different regions of the Sultanate of Oman. 146 abstracts were submitted to the conference. 71 abstracts were accepted for oral presentation in addition to 25 accepted for poster presentation, cf. the figures below. Furthermore, the conference privileged to have informative five plenary lectures, and three invited Speeches in its programme, as detailed below. List of Figures, Conference Programme, Conference Committee and Sponsors are available in this Pdf.

Scientific legacy of Prof. Evgenia N. Sinskaya, Doctor of Biological and Agricultural Sciences: commemorating her 135th birthday

In 2024, we celebrate the 135th birthday of Evgenia N. Sinskaya (1889–1965). A leading expert in the taxonomy, evolution, ecology and geography of cultivated plants and their wild relatives, Prof. E. N. Sinskaya occupies a well-deserved honorable place among the outstanding Russian biologists of the 20th century.Prof. Sinskaya was undoubtedly no less talented as a prominent scientist, but as a writer as well. We believe that Prof. Sinskaya’s scientific ideas would be best recognized through acquainting the readers with the published results of her unique research and reconsidering her theoretical works on the taxonomy, phylogeny, and the problem of populations of higher plants. Therefore, on the eve of her birthday celebration, we present a chronological list of her major publications. This list can be recommended to young Russian scientists whose scientific interests extend from theoretical issues of plant biology to practical challenges of crop cultivation. Besides, the editors of the journal Vavilovia supply a list of unpublished works by E. N. Sinskaya in an attempt to incorporate archival documents into scientific circulation, thus encouraging further detailed studies dedicated to the scientific legacy of one of VIR’s most renowned scientists.

Ретроспективный анализ научных взглядов о государственно-общественном управлении образованием на материале eLibrary.ru

Introduction. Since 2000 up. to the present time, there has been an increase in scientific and applied public interest in the role of state and public education management (SPEM). This period is associated with a change in scientific, pedagogical and management ideas in SPEM, which allows for a retrospective analysis of scientific views on the problem, based on publications in the Russian scientific electronic library eLibrary.ru for the specified period. The purpose is to study and summarize scientific views on the state and public management of the education system in our country for the period 2000-2024 to determine further littlestudied directions for the development of state educational institutions. Materials and methods. Using a retrospective analysis of publications from the Russian scientific electronic library eLibrary.ru, recognizing and describing the stages of publication activity of Russian researchers on the problems of state-public education management, which are associated with the stages of development and implementation of the SPEM reform, are named. Based on a comparative analysis, the theoretical foundations of the organization of SPEM in the Russian Federation, general and specific approaches to the practical organization of SPEM at the regional and national level, and modern views on the topic were identified. Results. Systematization of information made it possible to identify the current state of knowledge of the problem, and to determine possible directions for further research of SPEM in the Russian education system. A three-stage periodization of scientific research into the SPEM model in Russia is proposed. Conclusions are drawn about the validity of the proposed periodization, and the problems of implementing state-public educational management at the present stage, little studied in the scientific literature are noted. Among the problems of implementing state education educational institutions that have been little studied in the scientific literature at the present stage, the following are noted: modern forms of management of an educational organization in the conditions of state education educational institutions, the potential of state educational institutions for the civil and patriotic education of students, features of the development of the digital educational space of school self-government in the state education educational institution system, mentoring technologies in working with schoolchildren in conditions of state and public school management.

Geopolitical Aspects of Demographic Processes: Development of Scientific Ideas of L. L. Rybakovsky

Demographic processes play a key role in the formation of the geopolitical picture of the world. Population size, its age structure, growth rates and migration flows have a significant impact on the economic power of states, their military potential and their ability to project power in the international arena. This article examines contemporary and historical views on the significance of demographic factors in the geopolitical competition of countries and the measurement of a state's national power. The study covers both contemporary and historical aspects of the issue. The paper provides a systematic review of the evolution of scientific views on the significance of demographic factors in the geopolitical context. Particular attention is paid to modern methodological approaches to measuring the national power of a state considering demographic indicators. The article offers a critical analysis of existing models for assessing geopolitical influence based on demographic factors and considers their applicability in the context of global demographic transformations. The study also addresses topical issues of the impact of demographic trends on the geopolitical strategies of states in the 21st century, including the problems of population aging, migration processes and demographic imbalances between developed and developing countries. Special attention is paid to the analysis of geopolitical aspects of demographic processes in the works of the outstanding Russian demographer L.L.Rybakovsky. The paper considers the key concepts of the scientist, including demographic security, the geopolitical significance of migration processes, the relationship between demography and spatial development of Russia, as well as the role of demographic policy as an instrument of geopolitical influence.

FORMATION OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN THE REGION AS A FACTOR OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT

Capital is always looking for favorable conditions to preserve and increase, respectively, the institutional factors of investment activity in the regions of the country are crucial to ensure its attraction. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the impact of investments on the main economic indicators of the region's development, on its spatial development. The article examines the importance and role of investments and provides a brief overview of scientific ideas about the content of the concept of «spatial development. It is shown that when developing a spatial development strategy, it is necessary to apply a systematic approach. During the research, general scientific methods of analysis and special methods of economic and statistical research were used. From the results obtained, it can be concluded that the state of investment activity in the region has unstable growth trends, in particular investments in fixed assets. In conclusion, the main aspects of the relationship between investment activity and the spatial development of the region are summarized.