Solving Inventive Problems by Primary School Students in a Digital Environment
Prof. Galina Terekhova, Kirill Terakhov
Abstract:
We have designed a digital environment for developing the inventive abilities of primary school students through educational experiments. The content of the digital laboratory includes special didactic tools based on TRIZ models for organizing inventive experiments. The proposed method of organizing the educational environment allows the expansion of the children’s experimental activity in solving inventive problems, namely, to build the skills of correct formulation of hypotheses in experimental activity, to improve the quality of practical solutions while retaining the ability to show intellectual initiative; to develop the ability to identify experimentally reliable solutions to a problem; to form a desire to use scientific terminology, to conduct a constructive dialogue in the process of joint research activities; to formulate hypotheses and conclusions during the experiment.
Keywords: digital laboratory, educational environment, research activity, children’s inventive activity, OTSM-TRIZ technologies.
Short professional biography
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Associate Professor of the Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Psychology, South-Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Author of more than 300 publications in the field of TRIZ education. Provides professional training based on TRIZ for students and qualified specialists in the humanities and conducts classes for children and parents.
My research interests include TRIZ teaching, training in developing, psycho-pedagogical support of TRIZ-education participants, developing creativity, and forming strategies for productive activities (schoolchildren, students, professionals).
The author has completed the following projects:
Developed the educational concept of “Creator” (Contest of the Ministry of Science and Education at “SKOLKOVO School”), co-author (2010-2012).
Developed the vocational education program “Lessons of Creativity” (grades 1-6). Developed the projects of the Korean Russian Centre for Cooperation in Sciences and Technologies “KORUSTEC” (2012-2016).
The author jointly designed the course “TRIZ-inventor” for children aged 6-12 (2016-2018) with A.A. Nesterenko. The additional education program is included in the list of the best informal practices in Russia.
Developed the course "Innovators" (for children 6-12 years old) with the digital laboratory "Trizologika" (2020-2023).
Scientific consultant of the federal innovation platform "Testing and implementation of a model for advanced training of teachers for the development of inventive thinking of younger schoolchildren using an innovative educational and laboratory complex on TRIZ technologies in the educational space of schools," Mari El, 2023 -...)
Kirill Terekhov
Biography:
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Principal Software Engineer, an individual contributor to big tech companies’ core systems.
Throughout my career, I built large-scale systems in such areas as:
- Digital media where we provided a smooth and interactive experience of reading the world's most famous magazines including educative ones designed for children (Napoleon IT LLC, 2014-2019)
- Leadership I was responsible for mentorship and evaluation in an Android development department with more than 15 people. Under my direction development speed grew by ~20% and nearly complete interchangeability among developers was achieved which reduced idling time by ~85%. (Napoleon IT LLC, 2019-2020)
- Online retail I designed a generic presentation system on which an app of the second largest online marketplace is based (AliExpress Russia LLC, 2020-2024)
