Assessment of the level of development of natural science literacy of secondary school pupils of Mirny settlement of Krasnoyarsk district of Samara region

At the present stage, federal state educational standards of general education attach special importance to the formation and development of functional literacy of pupils, which includes such components as natural science literacy, mathematical literacy, reading literacy, financial literacy, global competencies, creative thinking. Considerable attention is paid to the formation and development of functional literacy for the reason that the acquired knowledge, formed skills and abilities can be applied by pupils to solve life problems. This article is devoted to the development of natural science literacy of pupils in the lessons of the module “Fundamentals of natural science literacy” of the course “Fundamentals of functional literacy of basic school pupils» (on the example of a secondary school in the Mirny settlement, Krasnoyarsk District, Samara Region). The results of the pupils’ performance of a complex task on the topic “Living nature. Herbicides and their role”, which consisted of tasks of various types, such as working with text, working with a histogram and its analysis; analysis of graphic sources of information; a task with a choice of statements; working with a geographical map; working with text and reasoning conclusions. It was revealed that the majority of pupils (91%) have the ability to work with a geographical map, and the least well-formed pupils have the ability to analyze graphic sources of information. The results of the study showed that the majority of pupils have an average (47% of pupils) level of development of natural science literacy; an increased level was recorded in 19% of pupils; high and low levels were demonstrated by 13% of pupils, and 7% of pupils demonstrated insufficient natural science literacy.