Formation Of Skills Of Research Activity Among Junior Students

Abstract

The article examines the analysis of factors influencing the formation of research skills among junior university students. Research work involves the most complete and effective development of the intellectual and creative abilities of students, aimed at training highly qualified personnel for various fields of activity. The purpose of this work is to identify and state the factors that make it possible to fully reveal the scientific potential of gifted students for possible subsequent postgraduate studies and replenishment of scientific and pedagogical personnel of the university, as well as for the use of the acquired research skills in practical activities in production. The research is based on a systematic approach to the problem, using methods of modeling, analysis, comparison and generalization. The conclusions obtained as a result of work on this topic are based on the authors' long-term practice in this area of activity with students of various specialties. Among the numerous factors of the all-round development of future specialists and the realization of their scientific potential, the authors highlight the following: continuity of research experience; motivational component; competence and interest of the scientific leadership; independence; technical equipment. The use of these factors in work with junior students will ensure the intensification of research work, increase its effectiveness and bring a qualitative indicator of the training of specialists to a new level.

Keywords: Research activity, factors, formation, students

Introduction

Currently, the structure and content of education in higher educational institutions in Russia is changing. In connection with Russia's entry into the Bologna process (Tchaikovskaya & Konovalenko, 2017), the requirements for university graduates have changed significantly – there is a need for specialists who are able to solve various creative tasks: they are able to not only formulate a problem, determine methods for solving it, but also to implement its results in practice (Grebnev, 2018).

In order to become a specialist in one’s field, it is not enough just to finish a university or institute well. One also needs to be a creatively developed person, know not only the theoretical foundations of the material of academic subjects, but also be able to set a scientific task, find ways to solve it, and correctly formulate the results of research. The formation of research skills is a long process (Kuznetsova, 2014). If earlier students, as a rule, began to engage in scientific activities in the third year, then due to the reduction in the duration of training, there was a need to organize research work of students already in the first years (Enshvin, 2016; Garanina et al., 2017).

Problem Statement

The learning process in a modern university is multifaceted and information-rich as much as possible. The requirements for a first-year student during their studies are comprehensively diverse and numerous. The form of education is changing, school traditions are being replaced by new standards, the emphasis is more on independent work, the ability to allocate your time. Therefore, at this moment, the motivating component is more important than ever, involving yesterday's student in the active learning process, developing a creative approach to learning new things, pushing the horizons of knowledge. Possession of the skills of research work contributes to the qualitative acceleration of the assimilation of subject knowledge, their complex and systematic perception (Andreeva et al., 2019; Bohan et al., 2017; Bohan et al., 2019).

The analysis of the factors influencing the formation of research skills among junior students is an important task of training highly qualified personnel for various fields of activity, who are able to set and successfully solve new tasks, be flexible in choosing solutions.

Research Questions

Research activity is a special type of activity and a form of human cognition of reality. It is aimed at achieving a person's understanding of the surrounding reality. He, in one way or another, uses the acquired knowledge in his practical activities and through this is convinced of their truth or rejects them as false.

Research is the process of developing new scientific knowledge, one of the types of cognitive activity, which is characterized by objectivity, reproducibility, evidence, accuracy (Kachanova, 2018).

The concept of "Research activity" includes its awareness by the subject, purposefulness, cognitive orientation, focused on obtaining knowledge that provides a predictable change in any sphere of public life (Kuznetsova, 2006).

The subject of the article is precisely research activity, as well as the factors contributing to its implementation. The success of students work in this area depends on many reasons (Kuznetsova, 2021; Lazarev, 2006; Maloshonok, 2016).

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this work is to analyze and synthesize methods that contribute to the development of research activities of students, identify and state the factors that allow the most complete disclosure of the scientific potential of gifted students for possible further training in graduate school and replenishment of the scientific and pedagogical staff of the university.

Research Methods

General research methods include:

• theoretical (formalization, abstraction);
• empirical (observation, comparison, experiment, measurement);
• complex (analysis, synthesis, modeling).

Depending on the subject of research activities, either individual methods of work or their complex are used (Demina & Panfilova, 2009).

Many years of experience working with students, scientific project management, participation in various conferences, analysis and comparison of numerous studies helped to form an idea of the factors influencing the activation of research activities of students, set out in the article.

Findings

As a result of the analysis, the following factors can be identified that affect the development of research activities of students at the university.

Conclusion

The research work may include a more in-depth study of the current material with the possibility of presenting its research in the classroom, or it may be a self-contained serious study on a topic that goes beyond the curriculum. This kind of work most fully reveals the creative potential of the student, expands knowledge and ideas about the surrounding world, forms self-study skills, which is not insignificant for future career growth.

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