Emphasis on thinking in elementary grade mathematics lessons

The article considers the problems of personality activity in teaching as one of the topical issues in psycho- pedagogical science, and in educational practice. The issues of personal activity in learning as the leading factor in achieving the goals of education and the overall development of the individual. Mathematical education occupies one of the leading places in the system of general human education, since mathematical models describing the interrelation of the quantitative characteristics of various phenomena and processes are now an integral part of research in any field of knowledge.