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POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPING THE INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

Psychology , UDC: 159.955 DOI: 10.24412/2076-9121-2026-1-163-181

Authors

  • Borisenko Julia V. Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor
  • Ustjuzhanina Dariya A.

Annotation

The digitalisation of modern education defines new possibilities and creates additional risks for developing children’s intellectual abilities. The theoretical basis of the study is the cultural-historical approach and M.A. Kholodnaya’s concept of intellectual development, which views intelligence as a form of organisation of individual mental experience. This provides opportunities for educational influence on its development. The goal was to investigate the possibilities for developing the intellectual abilities of primary school students through digital technologies. Hypothesis: the development of intellectual abilities in primary school students is characterised by heterochrony in the formation of mental operations and can be optimised using digital technologies. The study involved 502 primary school children from educational institutions in Kemerovo (mean age: M = 10.46, SD = 0.27; 53 % boys, 47 % girls). The following diagnostic instruments were used: the Group Intellectual Test (GIT) by J. Van, the ‘Cognitive Activity of a Primary School Student’ method by A. A. Gorchinskaya, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), and Raven’s Progressive Matrices. The results showed differences in the rate of formation of logical thinking operations in the intellectual structure of primary school students. Primary school children demonstrate significant progress in the development of thinking operations and intellectual abilities when teachers employ a specially developed set of digital technologies within a specially organised pedagogical intervention.
Tags:
digital environment , intellectual ability development , intelligence , thinking operations

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Borisenko, J. V. & Ustjuzhanina, D. A. (2026). POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPING THE INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 20 (1), 163. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9121-2026-1-163-181
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