INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIMENT IN CHEMISTRY AS A MEANS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' INDEPENDENT WORK

The paper explores the potential of chemical experiments in organizing and conducting secondary school students' independent work in Chemistry (standard level). The main research objectives are: 1) to reveal the essence of applying chemical experiment in students' self#study; 2) to provide experimental verification of the effectiveness of students' self#study in performing chemical experiments. The rese arch hypothesis is based on the assumption that the application of chemical experiment as one of the forms of self# study in teaching chemistry will effectively contribute to the formation of students' cognitive autonomy. Methods of analysis, forecasting and systematization of the process of students' learning through the application of a variety of forms of independent experimental work are used; pedagogical experiment (control#and#experimental groups' method) with the focus on the effectiveness of self#service performa nce in chemical experiments was conducted. The research found out that the types of independent tasks are related to the implementation of different forms of chemical experiments in teaching chemistry, the nature of the students' cognitive activity, their academic performance level. The research shows that the fact of the chemical experiment application in students' self#s tudy has significantly affected the quality of academic performance, with students' educational interests as the selected indicator.