Khoshgadam İbrahimova, Aynura Abdullayeva

Key words: illustration, biological knowledge, information environment, visual teaching tool, learning process, cognitive activity

Khoshgadam Gonag İbrahimova, Aynura Vugar Abdullayeva

CHARACTERISTICS OF USING ILLUSTRATIONS IN IMPROVING COGNITIVE

ACTIVITY IN BIOLOGY TEACHING

Summary. Organization textbook illustrations plays an important role in students’ assimilation of

biological knowledge. Illustrations are the main part of the textbook, they clearly reflect the content of the text, complement it and clarify it. Students acquire skills such as thinking about the illustration, emphasizing the necessary facts, comparing individual objects and drawing conclusions, describing the process, building a story based on it.