Vaganova N. Understanding of the new information presented in verbal and visual forms by pre-school children.

The dissertation covers the issue of understanding of new information structures by pre-school children, these structures being presented in audio- and visual forms (oral messages - rhymes, notions, tales, stories, pictures, drawings). The theoretical analysis of the concept of understanding enabled us to define the main psychological indicators and determinants of its manifestations. Elicited were the features specific to the process of understanding of the new information by pre-school children through determination of subjective path marks and devising of new image-notions underlying the understanding. The crucial role of the analogy and combinatory mechanisms in the development of new semantic constructions was elucidated. The pilot experimental instructional system was developed that is intended for training children in analyzing new information structures and forming relevant skills.