Formation of technical university students' creative potential

Based on the analysis of scientific literature, the concepts "creativity" and "creative potential" for technical university students are considered and clarified, as a complex psychological process, which must be developed in the process of activity, stimulated by a problem or a contradiction. The analysis of scientific research provided an opportunity to highlight the components of creative potential. Comparing the components of the professional competencies of a future engineer and the components of the technical university students' creative potential, the authors showed that the ability of a student to realize his creative potential is possession of a high level professional competence. To achieve the goal of the study, will apply a competence-based approach during the teaching process. Considering the possibilities of mathematical disciplines, as a means of forming the future engineer creative potential, tasks were selected to search for mathematical patterns and their choice was justified. During the educational process psychological and pedagogical conditions were used, which, according to the authors, contribute to the achievement of the research goal. To identify the state of formation of students creative potential, an experimental study was carried out. Samara State Technical University was chosen as the base of the research. The results of the study confirm the effectiveness of the identified psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of students creative potential in the study of mathematical disciplines.