Competence-oriented tasks as a means of forming natural science literacy

Abstract Science literacy is an important component of functional literacy. An effective means of forming functional literacy, that is, the ability to solve standard life tasks in various fields of activity on the basis of applied knowledge, are competence-oriented tasks. Competence-oriented tasks are successfully used in the study of disciplines for students in agricultural and engineering fields. The article provides types and examples of subject, interdisciplinary and practical competence-oriented tasks with chemical and biological content. Competence-oriented tasks differ from traditional ones in that the condition of the task is formulated as a plot, situation or problem, for the solution of which it is necessary to use knowledge that is not explicitly indicated in the text of the task.