FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF GROUP EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT WHEN STUDYING MATHEMATICS
The article is devoted to the organization of group educational activities of junior students in engineering directions of a university in an electronic environment when studying mathematical disciplines and highlighting the features of such an organization aimed at the formation of personal and interpersonal competencies of students. The paper describes a list of competencies to be formed in students of these areas in the course of the discipline «Mathematics» in accordance with the federal state educational standards of higher education 3+ and 3 ++. The reasons for the interest in team forms of work in modern conditions, both in production and during the implementation of the educational process at a university, are given. Various aspects of interpretations of the concepts of group learning activity, «teamwork» are considered, and a comparative analysis of the terms «group» and «team» is carried out. The possibility of the formation of personal and interpersonal competences of students within the framework of group work in an electronic environment, along with subject and general professional ones, is substantiated. The advantages of using the organization of group educational activities of students are highlighted: increasing students’ motivation for learning; enhancing the cognitive activity of students; development of the ability to conduct a dialogue, discussion, to argue their thoughts in the course of communication; increasing the mutual responsibility of each member of the group for the overall result; gaining experience in teamwork in an electronic environment; implementation of the initial steps in preparing junior students for project activities. The described experience of organizing group educational activities of students in an electronic environment in the study of the discipline «Mathematics» can be used in various institutions of higher education in the preparation methodological materials.