Home – Home – Jornals – "Philosophy of Education" 2008 number 2

In the article, some ways of increasing the learning efficiency aimed at solution of the problem of conscious mastering of educational material are considered.      An important element of reflective activity of pupils is the skill of putting questions in order to learn as well as to specify or complement the knowledge. Solution of the problem of understanding of the mathematical text is also connected with this skill of raising questions. The substantiation of truthfulness or falseness of statements and conclusions is, to the greatest degree, connected with deepening of understanding. Inclusion of the reflective problems into the educational activity also promotes conscious and deep mastering of the mathematical material. In the article, a great attention is paid to the questions of visualization. One of the effective ways of deepening the understanding of educational material is the distinguishing of the semantic cornerstones in the mathematical text and the usage of basic signals.