The Didactic Potential of Digital Technologies for the Formation and Development of Primary School Students’ Research Competence

- Ліпчевська, Інна Леонідівна (orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-5863) (2026) The Didactic Potential of Digital Technologies for the Formation and Development of Primary School Students’ Research Competence Acta Paedagogiсa Volynienses, 2. pp. 131-137. ISSN 2786-4693

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The article addresses the theoretical substantiation of the didactic potential of digital technologies for the development of the components of primary school students’ research competence, taking into account the age-related psychological characteristics of their learning and cognitive activity. The research methodology is based on a conceptual and analytical approach that combines the synthesis of findings from contemporary educational research with reflective analysis of the author’s own professional pedagogical experience. The results of systematic reviews on the use of digital technologies in primary education were analyzed, making it possible to identify a gap between the potential capabilities of digital means and their actual pedagogical implementation. It has been established that, if used in a pedagogically sound manner, digital technologies provide a comprehensive impact on the development of younger learners’ research competence, facilitating a transition from situational interest and intuitive actions to conscious, structured, and reflective cognition. The study substantiates the appropriateness of considering digital technologies as an integral component of the didactic environment within which the logic of inquiry-oriented learning and students’ learning and cognitive activity is constructed. The influence of didactically and methodologically balanced use of digital means on the motivational, procedural-activity, and reflective components of research competence is examined in detail, particularly through the application of interactive visualizations, digital prompts, checklists, research pathways, and visual schemes. The didactic value of digital learning means is determined by the alignment of instructional design with the logic of research activity and learners’ age-related psychological characteristics. Directions for further research are identified, including empirical validation of the proposed theoretical provisions in various models of primary school educational practice and the development of methodological tools for assessing the formation of research competence components in digital learning environments.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	research competence; digital technologies in primary education; inquiry-oriented learning; didactic potential; learning and cognitive activity of primary school students; digital educational environment
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 00 Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics > 004 Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing > 004.9 Application-oriented computer-based techniques Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.02 General questions of didactics and method Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 373 Kinds of school providing general education
Divisions:	Institute of Pedagogics > O. Ya. Savchenko Department of Primary Education
Depositing User:	Інна Леонідівна Ліпчевська
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2026 11:30
Last Modified:	05 Jun 2026 11:30
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/749367

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