The article deals with the process of teaching junior students, teaching strategies and getting learning outcomes in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard. The authors reflect on meta-subject outcomes as well as the use of project work and cooperative learning as new educational approaches which aim to transform classroom activities into academic and social learning experiences. Successful cooperative learning is based on Deming's 14 principles, which can be adapted to the needs o f modern school education involving different kinds of pupils' interaction in class.