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The article considers the content of the academic-research activity of schoolchildren while studying mathematics. The author compares the activity of a scientist and a pupil in the research process, reveals the peculiarities and the content of the pupil research activity. These peculiarities are the following: the aim of gaining knowledge and skills in the research process, the aim of acquiring scientific investigation methods (analogy, induction, deduction, etc.), influence on the pupil personality change, pupil's development (sense of purpose, curiosity, development of the creative potential). The content of the pupil research activity includes theoretical knowledge and activity methods, as well as the corresponding skills.