Methodology and psycho-pedagogical research in realizing profile elective course of Chemistry

Abstract

The programme of the pre-profile elective course «Chemistry around us, or what you will not learn on the lesson» was designed for 34 hours. When conducting a course at the specialized boarding school «Daryn» among 9th grade students, the following general didactic principles were guided, namely scientific character, accessibility, systematic, voluntary, safety, and visualization. The psychological and pedagogical diagnostics of students for group interaction, the study of personality, the motivation for chemistry teaching process, the study of difficulties and anxiety, as well as age characteristics, were carried out. The determination of the personality result showed a slight increase in the number of ambiverts after the elective course, and the average psychodynamic properties score remained at the same level. Motivation to learn chemistry in the group increased. Testing the control lessons and final testing in chemistry among 9-grade students showed the following results, namely 3 students received «Satisfactory», 5 students obtained «Good», 2 students scored «Excellent». The quality of knowledge was 70 %. On the basis of the obtained data we can draw a conclusion that the course increased knowledge of pupils to studying of a subject.