Methodological model for the formation of research competence of biology students in the process of animal studies

Miniyarov F. T., Yaitsky A. S.

The use of modern algorithms of organization of research activities for biology students during studying at a University allows, in perspective, to prepare professional biologists who have the ability to continuously self-develop, self-educate and generate scientific ideas. The analysis of classical and modern scientific methods of forming research competence among students allowed us to develop a criteria-based assessment system and a methodological model for establishing of research competence of biology students during of animal research. The model contains several components: target, scope, procedural and performance-evaluation. The pedagogical experiment was aimed at implementation of these components into the educational process in order increase the level of research competence among biology students. An important feature of the organization of research activities of biology students is the studies of living zoo species during laboratory exercises and educational research projects. The results of the study showed that our hypothesis is fully confirmed. We experimentally proved the effectiveness of developed methodology for the formation of students’ research competence, which was confirmed by a statistically significant increase in the level of capacity.

Keywords:research activities; research competence; questionnaire; expert evaluation method; self-assessment; biology students.