TOPICAL ISSUES OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT A UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Тhe article discusses some problems of teaching mathematics to foreign students studying "General medicine" at a university. The purpose of the article is to reveal the complex use of cognitive-visual approach in the educational process of a university in combination with the methodology of bilingual mathematics teaching for forming students’ basic knowledge about fundamental mathematical concepts and methods necessary for further study of other disciplines of the educational program and application in professional activities. While carrying out the experimental studies, the generalization of domestic and international pedagogical experience of teaching mathematics to students at institutions of higher education was used. In addition, the methods of empirical research were used: experimental teaching of mathematics using the author’s didactic materials presented in Russian and English; conducting pedagogical measurements; and the pedagogical experiment. The paper describes the results of studies to determine the level of special abilities of international students studying in the medical sphere of higher education. The analysis of the initial stage of experimental work allowed us to prove that the methodological techniques and approaches used by the authors in the educational process of a university effectively influence the quality of knowledge and the formation of special abilities of students. The results of the research present certain interest for specialists and teachers of universities involved in the formation and implementation of basic professional educational programs for international students.