SOME ASPECTS OF INFORMATION COMPETENCE OF ENGINEERING AND HUMANITIES STUDENTS

The paper is devoted to the problem of students' information competence. As an example, the authors analyzed data from surveys of students of two universities, Socio-Pedagogical and Technical, in Volgograd, Russia. This article examines data of surveys of students about self-assessment of their IT skills, purposes of the use of personal computers, and the most popular among students Internet services. Based on the data obtained in the course of interviewing of students and control of solving diagnostic tasks, the authors has formulated preferred methods of formation of information competence and conclusions about the features of the structure of information competence of students of humanities and technical specialties