Tereshchuk A. Peculiarities of emotional factors affecting the problem solving process in primary school students

The dissertation delivers the theoretical and experimental research on the impact of emotional factors upon the process of solving intellectual problems by primary school students. The core essence and specific nature of the process were elicited, peculiarities of the emotional sphere investigated, and qualitative-quantitative parameters were found characteristic of emotional manifestations in pupils with different level of educational achievement. Established were the criteria for assessment of the actual level of emotional regulation of learning and cognitive activity; developed was the corrective training system aimed at correction of intellectual development disturbances in schoolchildren. The emotional factors were elucidated affecting the thought activity of pupils with different level of educational achievement; the nature of impact they produce on the process of intellectual problem solving described. The classification of emotional manifestations inherent in children was developed, substantiated, and tested; the system of instructional procedures was suggested intended for improvement of the process of intellectual problem solving by primary school students.