MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE AMONG HEI STUDENTS: CLUSTER APPROACH

Vera I. Toktarova
Assoc. Prof., PhD, Mari State University, Russia, toktarova@yandex.ru

Abstract
The research is acute due to the increasing role of the competence approach, which has recently expanded from pedagogical theory into socially important phenomenon and is gradually becoming a concept-based educational policy. The article considers issues connected with the formation of mathematical competence among students of higher educational institutions. It discusses fundamental functions of mathematical training of students, gives definition of mathematical competence, and describes its main functional components. The article presents a structure of mathematical competence as a cluster of general cultural, general professional and professional competences within the framework of Federal State Educational Standards of higher education.

Keywords: mathematical competence, teaching mathematics, Federal State Educational Standards, cluster approach, educational process, higher education, student