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
Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Institute of the Humanities, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Severodvinsk, Russian Federation

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.