MOTIVATION TO STUDY AS THE GUARANTY OF SUCCESS

Personal experience of the teacher of Mathematics concerning the issues on increasing pupils' motivation to study Mathematics is analysed in the article. It is noted that mathematical literacy is regarded to be one of the ten key competences of secondary school pupils. Some approaches to the learning of the motivation to the educational activity are considered. It is shown that positive attitude to the study facilitates its successfulness. In this respect there have been studied some peculiarities of the problem-oriented teaching method, the self-education method, the person-centred method, the method of information and communication technologies while teaching Mathematics. In particular, it has been demonstrated that within the problem-oriented approach method pupils are offered a series of problematic situations combined with the traditional method of representation. They are offered problematic situations differentiated in levels of problems, in types of information disagreement, in other methodical peculiarities. Within the framework of developing education, pupils make their own conclusions, give definitions, and define an algorithm of solving a problem. It has been proved that the use of some elements of O. I. Prokofieva's as well as of E. A. Levin's methods facilitates the formation of motivation; the methods are aimed at children's self-education at school through their involvement into independent (self-guided) activity, by doing creative puzzles, research work, stimulating them to demonstrate activeness in obtaining knowledge, readiness to help themselves and, without any hesitation, to ask their classmates for help. The results of using the person-centred approach, which helps to maintain pupils' interest in Mathematics, are analysed. It is highlighted that project making and organization of more favourable conditions for the development of pupil's personality as an individual in the teaching / learning process seem to be the main task of the designated education. It is demonstrated that the person-oriented education is a systemic construction of interconnection of education, up-bringing and development. It is a holistic educational process which differs in great extent from the traditional teaching / learning process. It is also noted that a pupils is the main character of the educational process within the person-centred education. A pedagogue becomes not only «a source of information» or «a controller» but rather a diagnosis-maker and assistant in the pupil's development process. The issue regarding the topicality of the objective evaluation of pupils' knowledge is raised in the article; in this context, the practice of using a rating system of pupils' knowledge evaluation is analysed. The possibilities to raise pupils' interest in learning Mathematics through applied issues and organization of education involving extra-class activities are demonstrated. The practice of creating all conditions for every pupil to feel comfortable and be able to realize himself / herself in the present or in the future is analysed. The peculiarities of using multimedia technologies while teaching Mathematics at secondary school are analysed in details. A series of means enabling the use of information and communication technologies at the lesson of Mathematics is represented, the mentioned technologies facilitating the formation of positive motivation to the study. It is concluded that the work devoted to the formation and development of educational motivation provides for stable positive results of the educational process. The pupils' proficiency level (level of preparedness) become the one which meets the requirements of the State standard. The fact that the majority of the school-leavers are admitted to educational establishments where technical and economic specialties are taught can confirm the above-mentioned conclusion.