Chernokova T.E. Features of self-control of preschoolers’ cognitive activity

Chernokova T.E. Features of self-control of preschoolers’ cognitive activity // Preschool Education Today. 2012, Issue 4 - p. 62-67.

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2012, 4

Tatiana E. Chernokova
PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Psychology, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Institute of the Humanities, Severodvinsk, Russia

Abstract

The self-control processes of the child in preschool age problem is of great practical importance. The researchers acknowledge that the success of a child in organizing and controlling own cognitive activity ensures the effectiveness of understanding reality and is a prerequisite for acquisition of knowledge at school. At the same time data on the characteristics of self-control in preschool children are contradictory. The results of the theoretical study revealed the characteristics of self-control of cognitive activity of children in comparison with play and drawing as important activities during preschool ages.