DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

As the scope of knowledge of primary school students expands, their worldview and thinking about the nature and environment they are familiar with will change and develop. The attitude of a child who has just entered school is not up to standard. They begin to acquire all of these knowledge, skills, and abilities in the learning process under the direct guidance of a teacher. It appears that the extent to which a student achieves results will depend on the teacher’s efforts, teaching style, and methods. Nowadays, the development of students' critical thinking is started from the elementary grades. Creating problem situations, finding and identifying ways to solve them, the problem-solving process itself, and verifying in practice how accurate the conclusions are remained important elements of the learning process. And that's exactly what elementary school teachers are trying to do.