RESULTS OF DIAGNOSTICS OF THE MOTIVATIONAL COMPONENT OF CREATIVE SKILLS OF JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN

Abstract

The article analyzes the results of diagnostics of the motivational component of creative skills
of junior schoolchildren, as there is a need to educate a creative person who is able to generate nonstandard ideas, create products of creative activity. We have stated that the efficiency and effectiveness of
the creative educational process depend on the positive motivation and interest of students in art. The
purpose of scientific work is to highlight the results of the diagnosis of the motivational component of
creative skills of primary school students. In particular, the article states that the main components of
creative skills are motivational, cognitive, operational and communicative, but considers in detail the
motivational component of creative skills, reveals its essence and highlights the results of the ascertaining
stage of experimental research. It has been established that the satisfaction of needs related to motives motivates activity. The criteria and indicators of the motivational component are determined, in
particular, the following: the presence of internal incentives and motives to be creative; personal interest
in creativity; striving for self-expression and self-realization in creative activity. The article describes the
methods of pedagogical research that were used to diagnose the levels of formation of the motivational
component of creative skills (questionnaires, testing) and tables and graphically presents the quantitative
data of respondents for each indicator of motivational and personal criteria. Summarizing the results of
the three indicators of motivational and personal criteria, we presented information on the levels of
formation of the motivational component of creative skills in primary school students. In particular, it was
stated in the majority of junior schoolchildren that there is a sufficient level of formation of the
motivational component of creative skills. The results of research indicate the need to improve the
educational process in order to increase the motivation of primary school students to creativity.