To the problem of achieving student's creative competence by increasing thinking skills in the educational process

Article deals with the problems of students’ thinking abilities development in studying at the university in pedagogical areas and their research. Along with the rejection of traditional teaching of texts and works, it is recommended to use new technologies and, with the help of graphic organizers, reveal their main ideas. As a result, through these methods, it is possible to create conditions for expression of students’ opinion and creative thinking. It is about students who, whether it is a text or a short essay, students cannot perceive them from the point of view of critical thinking, cannot express the meaning and content of the work; it also about difficulties that future teachers face in the process of classes. Research objectives: To consider a number of examples and reveal their essence and content in the formation of creative competence through increasing the mental ability of students. Attention is paid to the formation of thinking skills of university students and effective teaching methods are recommended. Research materials and methods: when writing the article, the methods of pedagogical observation, comparative analysis and formulation of questions and answers were used. Research results: as a novelty of the article, six thinking hats and graphic organizers are given. The examples in it are taken from the theoretical knowledge and research of students of the pedagogical direction during the passage of profile practice. Conclusions: we believe that these methods will be successful due to critical thinking in the development of competence, independent creativity of students receiving higher education.