Development of Generation Z Students Cognitive Abilities as a Condition of Learning Effectiveness
The article is devoted to the study of the cognitive abilities of generation Z. The purpose of the study is to identify the level of development of attention properties and types of memory as basic cognitive processes that determine the quality of mastering educational programs, and to suggest ways of their development. It is concluded that for the productive organization of the educational process, it is necessary to rely on the advantages of clip thinking, while its negative consequences should be eliminated by introducing active forms of organizing students' educational activities and using special methods for the development of their attention and memory. Examples of the use of effective forms of developing the integrity of perception, compositional and logical organization of the material, methods of argumentation and countering manipulative influences, methods of developing speech culture on the materials of the training courses “Speech Communications” and “Psychology of Influence” for students of the STU Personnel Management Faculty are given. A set of diagnostic methods for the assessment of attention properties and types of memory has been selected and placed in the Psychometric Expert program for the use by university students. A checklist for the development of attention and memory has been developed for educational and extracurricular activities. A special program for training attention and memory has been created as an online simulator. The simulator will allow the user to determine the level of development of their cognitive processes. Then, based on individual results, the program will automatically select the necessary exercises in the form of online games that can improve the properties of attention and types of memory. The program also generates general statistics of indicators for each of the properties of attention and memory, which allows the student to track the dynamics of improving their cognitive abilities and compare their own results with results of other students. The introduction of the proposed methods for the development of attention and memory will contribute to a better comprehension of educational materials by students.