In a study performed in line with the personal approach to the problem of children's giftedness, it was found that mathematically gifted adolescents possessed different signs of right-lateral asymmetry. Within a population of mathematically gifted adolescents, girls had higher rates for creativity and emotional reactivity and lower intellectual potential than boys.

Keywords: lateral asymmetry, personality characteristics, giftedness, gifted adolescents.

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In article the coordination of group profiles of personal qualities of teachers and pupils in different types of the educational environment is analyzed. We consider the questions connected with a problem of psychological examination of the educational environment. It is proved that psychologically comfortable environment is an optimizing condition for the development of personal potential of its subjects.

In the article we present the research results about the self-actualization of the postgraduates of the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University for demonstrating the scientific planning of developing educational environment of the MA course.

Keywords: modernization of education, educational environment, postgraduate, Master program, the results of research.

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In the article the conditions of the organization of educational competencies diagnostics of primary school pupils are considered. We differentiate and define the key concepts of the competence-based approach in education such as an educational competence and an educational competency. Moreover we disclose a practice-oriented nature of diagnostic tasks developed by the author, by means of which individual diagnostic studies of younger pupils can be carried out.

We examine the main point and structure of scientific and methodological support, and analyze its function as a tool for management of innovative development of educational institutions. We determine and describe the main activities of the vice-principal for scientific and methodological work, aimed at support of innovative processes in an educational institution.

Keywords: innovations in education, scientific and methodological support.

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In the article we identify and justify possibilities for teaching extracurricular activities corresponding to the Federal State Educational Standards requirements, and determine aims of extracurricular activities in terms of the formation of teenager’s learning progress. The main elements of the individual educational extracurricular activities and the content of learning possibilities are described.

Keywords: learning possibilities, extracurricular activities, teaching progress, effective combinations of school and out-of-school forms of learning.

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