Tetina Svetlana Vladimirovna

the work is devoted to the development of divergent thinking of senior pupils. The author considers preparation of pupils for subject olympiad as a tool of divergent thinking development among senior pupils. A researcher draws attention to the olympaid stages and objectives of each stage, which should be addressed while preparation for the olympaid. The paper identified the most important olympaid stage in the process of preparation, which generates divergent abilities such as creativity, cognitive activity and motivational activity, necessary for the development of divergent thinking among hi...