FORMATION OF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF EDUCATION SEEKERS WHEN TEACHING MATHEMATICS

The transformation of education is associated with the penetration of digital technologies into everyday life. There is an information overload, which requires the ability to work with information, evaluate, consider different aspects of problem solving, and draw the right conclusions. There is a need to form one of the key competencies in schoolchildren – information and digital when teaching subjects, in particular, mathematics. The purpose of the article is to study the features of the formation of information and digital competence of education seekers and to describe mathematics tasks that, using digital technologies and modern teaching methods, contribute to the formation of 21st-century skills in schoolchildren. For this purpose, the following research methods were used: analysis of literature, regulatory documents, description, and generalization. An analysis of literature, regulatory documents showed that international educational policy, including in Ukraine, is focused on personal and competency-based learning, which involves the formation of information and digital competence in education seekers. The authorʼs vision of the formation of information and digital competence of education seekers in mathematics lessons is highlighted, and a description of its implementation is made through the task of finding the smallest values of quantity. The influence of the selection of developmental mathematics tasks using activity and search and research approaches on the formation of schoolchildren's information and digital competence was revealed, which contributes to the development of flexibility, creative thinking, and the ability to produce new things. As a result of the study, the conclusion was made that the formation of schoolchildren's information and digital competence in mathematics lessons in modern realities is a necessary condition for high-quality education today.