Nikita R. Zviagin

The article discusses modeling as a central method of teaching solving text problems in primary school. It is shown that its methodological value lies not in providing a visual representation of an already found answer, but in the consistent translation of a verbal situation into a system of relationships between quantities that can be analyzed, solved, and verified. Based on Russian research, the article explores the functions of object, graphic, and symbolic models, outlines the stages of working with a problem, and identifies the conditions under which a model becomes a tool for independent...