109 SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF POLONIA UNIVERSITY 55 (2022) 6 PRACTICAL WORKS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL PHYSICS COURSE Halyna Voitkiv Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine e-mail: h.voitkiv@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-2158-9577 Igor Lishchynskyy Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine e-mail: igor.lishchynskyy@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-2268-0321 Summary Practical works with detailed instructions meet the requirements of the activity approach and provide an opportunity for self-study in the conditions of mixed education. The value of practical work in physics lessons is that they contribute to the connection between theory and practice, form research skills, teach how to process measurement results and analyze experiments, thus contributing to all components of subject competence in physics. The article presents the structure of practical work, drawing attention to the need to use modern digital applications and computer programs for studying physics. Since the main task of this type of educational work is the formation of skills and abilities, their components should be various exercises: preparatory, trial, model, training, creative, practical, graphic, oral, written, graphic, etc. Practical work as a means of learning, can be used in lessons of various types and provide learning based on the student's requests: from simple to creative. They will difer in the detail of the instructions and the level of teacher consultation. Key words: activity approach, competence, research study, self-study, instruction. DOI https://doi.org/10.23856/5514 1. Introduction Modern education should move from the mechanical transfer of knowledge from the teacher to the pupil to solving problem-searching questions, solving prognostic problems, through which the formation of a competent personality will take place. Taking into account the structure of competence, which includes knowledge, activity and personal components, the search for those forms of work in the lesson that would stimulate the individual activity of the pupil and contribute to his development becomes of great importance. According to the physics program – «The learning process is a two-way process that is based on the activities of both the teacher and the student. The main task of the teacher is to organize and manage the educational and cognitive activities of pupils, as well as teaching, which directs the teacher's work to fnd tasks that contribute to the development of his personality» (Liashenko and other, 2017). Practicing teachers and scientists all over the world are engaged in the search for such activities. In particular, many studies are devoted to problem-based, research-based learning with elements of interactive technologies. Accordingly, the chosen topic of research, which involves the study of practical works as a didactic unit and a means of forming subject physical competence, is relevant.