THE EFFECT OF PUPILS AND STUDENTS' RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR ECOLOGICAL COMPETENCE
The article deals with the competency approach to the becoming of the students' research activities, the process of creating the research work and its stages are described, competences as elements of activity being formed in the course of work on the research and the preparation of its defense are identified, the procedure for evaluating the degree of formation of skills and acquired habits of the research activities is pointed, examples of achievements in various competitions are given.