FORMATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN SELF­ ESTEEM ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA-BASED ASSESSMENT

. Introduction. The ongoing socio-economic transformations in society and sci­ ence education actualise the modern educational policy in the field of personality formation of students who are capable of self-development and self-realisation. In these conditions, the primary school provides an integral system of knowledge, skills, and experience of independent activity and personal responsibility of students. The article deals with the problem of develop­ ment of self-esteem in primary school children. Aim. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and academic performance among primary school children. Methodology and research methods . The present research is based on systemic, person­ al, axiological, and activity methodological approaches. The article includes the study of the types of self-esteem of primary school children, and the level of aspirations. 107 school pupils participated in the research. At the ascertaining stage, diagnostics of the level of formation of self-esteem of younger schoolchildren was carried out. A number of pedagogical conditions to improve the cognitive, evaluative, and behavioural components were implemented at the train­ ing stage of the research. Results. The authors define the following concepts: self-assessment, types of self-as­ sessment, self-assessment of primary school children, the level of claims, and criteria assess­ ment. The programme of diagnostics of the level of formation of self-esteem of primary school children is presented. The indicators (cognitive, evaluative, and behavioural) and levels of for­ mation of self-esteem of the primary school children (low, adequate, overestimated) are defined. The article presents the results of experimental work on the implementation of pedagogical conditions (including primary school children in the process of self-knowledge; gradual in­ volvement of primary school children in self-assessment and reflexive activities; participation of primary school children in the formation of criteria-based assessment) to increase the level of self-esteem of primary school children. Scientific novelty. The pedagogical conditions, which contribute to the self-esteem of primary school children, are presented for the first time. Practical significance. The materials of the article are of practical value for teachers en­ gaged in the development of lectures, seminars, assignments for independent work. Formation of primary school children self-esteem on the basis of criteria-based assessment and conduction of an experiment. We use the Mann-Whitney U-test considering whether the test groups have differences after the formative experiment. The Wilcoxon T-test was used to determining whether there is a shift in the of self-esteem formation in the experimental group. The overall level of self-esteem of primary children that appears


Introduction
The ongoing socio-economic transformations in society, science, and ed ucation actualise the modern educational policy in the field of forming the per sonality of students who are capable of self-development and self-realisation, defining a new vision of education in the formation of the personality of younger students. In these conditions, the primary school provides an integral system of knowledge, skills, and experience of independent activity and personal responsi bility of students. The basis of this position is the subjective attitude of students to educational activities based on self-assessment. Self-esteem, which is under stood as the process of knowing oneself, their potential and actual properties, personal, intellectual characteristics, character traits, their relationships with other people [1]. It affects the formation of children self-confidence, the ability to see the future of their development, and actively participate in the educational process. Academic performance affects the younger student's self-esteem [2]. Therefore, it is important to properly organise and encourage this activity, and to actively involve younger students themselves in it.
Self-esteem of the individual acquires its own characteristics at each stage of its formation; however, the younger school age is considered a sensitive period for self-esteem. However, it should be noted that primary school children are particularly in need of targeted pedagogical support and stimulation of personal development and self-esteem [3]. The self-esteem of a younger schoolboy is char acterised by the reflection of the child's own activity, intellectual capabilities, and ability to overcome difficulties [4]. This is manifested in the behaviour of the student, in the educational process, as well as in his/her social adaptation. In this regard, it is necessary to rethink both theoretical and practical approaches to the organisation of the process of pedagogical stimulation of self-esteem of primary school children. The existing contradiction between the objective exis tence of multivariate mechanisms of regulation and self-regulation of personal behaviour, the leading role of practice aimed at forming an adequate self-esteem of students, and the lack of theoretical justification for the pedagogical system of stimulating self-esteem of primary school children determined its relevance.
The cognitive component of self-esteem is a person's description of the main characteristics of their personality that are familiar to self-perception [5]. These include any attribute, role, status, psychological characteristics of an in dividual, a description of his/her property, life goals, etc. The significance of ele ments of self-description, their hierarchy may change depending on the context, the life experience of an individual, under the influence of a situational moment. The evaluation component consists not only in the statement and description of the features of one's personality, but also in the totality of evaluation character istics and related experiences [6][7][8]. They contain a hidden evaluative meaning, the source of which is the individual's subjective interpretation of other people's reactions to these qualities, as well as the fact that a person perceives them against the background of objectively existing standards and through general cultural, group or individual value concepts that they have learned during their life. The behavioural component is a direct, direct expression of an attitude in a person's behaviour that is modified or restrained due to their fear of possible consequences. An attitude is characterised as an emotionally coloured belief associated with a particular object.
For considering whether the test groups have differences after the for mative experiment, we formulate two hypotheses: H0 -subjects do not differ in levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment; H -subjects have differences in levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment.
For determining whether there is a shift in the levels of self-esteem forma tion in the experimental group, we formulate two hypotheses: H0 -subjects of the experimental group have no differences in the levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment; H -test subjects of the experimental group have differences in the levels of self-esteem formation after the forming experiment.
The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between self-es teem and academic performance among primary school children. The main ob jectives of the article: • to carry out the theoretical analysis of features of formation of self-esti mation; • to verify the pedagogical conditions that contribute to raising the level of self-esteem components; • and to study the features of the formation of self-esteem of primary school children.

Literature Review
The peculiarity of the "I-concept" as a set of attitudes is that the object in this case is the carrier itself. Because of this self-direction, all emotions and evaluations associated with the self-image are strong and stable. O. V. Buren kova and A. A. Podturkin highlighted three main types of self-esteem: adequate, understated, and overstated [8]. According to D. Kolubinski et al., both high and low self-esteem are not the norm, but if they are compared with each other, younger students with low self-esteem see themselves in a less favourable light than their peers with adequate and high self-esteem [9].
Let us define the essence of the concept of "self-esteem" and determine the conditions for its improvement in the educational process of primary school. In the philosophical dictionary, the concept of "self-esteem" is associated with self-consciousness and is formulated as "a person's isolation of himself and the objective world, awareness and assessment of his attitude to the world, himself as a person, his actions, thoughts and feelings" [10,11]. In the psychological context, self-esteem is identified with the "I-concept" relatively stable, more or less conscious, experienced as a unique system of representations of the individ ual about himself, on the basis of which he builds his interaction with other peo ple and relates to himself [4,5]. In the pedagogical aspect, this category is defined as a person's awareness of himself as a member of society, his/her relationships with the world around him, other people, his actions and actions, thoughts and feelings, and all the variety of personal qualities [6,7]. For our research, it is interesting to define self-esteem in the structure of the "I-concept" through the attitude of the individual to himself and includes three components [9].
The study of the role of self-esteem in cognitive activity by such research ers as E. Meland et al. [12], H. Yaratan and R. Yucesoylu [13] showed that the younger schoolchild attaches special importance to their intellectual capabili ties; the assessment of these capabilities by others is always very disturbing. Therefore, to help a child in increasing self-esteem, it is necessary to teach them the ability to learn -the ability to see genuine learning tasks and find the best ways to solve them. A. Coluccia et al. believed that self-esteem is often based only on results; the very process of activity and the previous stages of planning and forecasting are not reflected in it [14]. This means that you need to teach your child to control their actions at any time, evaluate them correctly, and be attentive to each stage of their work, to any of its intermediate results. This will not slow down to affect educational success, which objectively creates a new basis for self-esteem for a student who is not very confident.
Mann-Whitney U-test1 is a non-parametric statistical test used to esti mate the difference between two samples at the level of any qualitatively mea sured trait. The smaller the value of the criterion, the more likely it is that the differences between the values of the parameter in the samples are significant. The Wilcoxon T-test2 is designed to estimate the difference between the two conditions using experimental data from repeated measurements. The Wilcoxon test requires that the differences are ranked from smallest to largest in terms of their absolute value, regardless of sign or direction [15][16][17].
Y. Wang et al. [18] in their methodological strategy insist that the spec ificity of the self-concept is determined not only by the characteristics of its individual elements but also by the nature of their relationship. In addition, in the work entitled "Parent-child cohesion, self-esteem, and academic achieve ment: The longitudinal relations among elementary school students", the au thors adhere to the principled position that the main indicators of self-concept are: features of self-esteem, the level of subjective control, the level of self-es teem, the presence or absence of chronic internal personal conflicts. K. M. Kim et al [19] considered the peculiarities of the formation of a positive self-concept of the personality of future practical psychologists in the process of professional training, in which the researchers determined that each person has the ability to self-actualisation. In the work entitled "The association between loneliness, mental well-being, and self-esteem among adolescents in four Nordic countries" N. Lyyra et al.
[20] proceeded from the fact that self-esteem is influenced by two groups of factors -external and internal. The external ones include the social environment, evaluations of other people, successes and failures inactivity, fea tures of interpersonal relations; internal-individual psychological qualities, and personality traits. Among them are anxiety, the level of demands, introversion, extraversion, value orientations, accentuations of character, and temperament.

Using criteria-based assessment in teaching
Criteria-based assessment is an assessment process based on the com parison of students' academic achievements with clearly defined, collectively developed, pre-known to all participants of the educational process criteria that correspond to the goals and content of education, contributing to the formation of students' ability to learn. Criteria-based assessment is considered the core of self-evaluation, since only the student's work is evaluated, and not their per sonality and personal qualities (work rate, memory, attention, perception). The second is very important -the student's work is not compared directly with the work of other students, but with a standard (a sample of excellent work): -criteria (the assessment is based on a criteria-based basis developed jointly with the students, which is clear to each student); -priority of self-assessment (the student's self-assessment should be pri mary, preceding the teacher's assessment); -flexibility and variability (assessment involves the use of different proce dures and methods for studying the effectiveness of training, the study of both individual and group, collective learning outcomes); -the naturalness of the monitoring and evaluation process (assessment is carried out in a comfortable environment for students that does not cause stress and anxiety).
For criteria-based assessment, summative and formative assessment is used. For the formation of self-esteem, it is important to formative assessment, which includes self-assessment and mutual evaluation, since it corrects the process of learning by the child. We offer the most effective of them for use in working with younger students (Table 1). Table 1 Types of formative assessment Index of the card for generalisation or for questions The teacher periodically hands out cards to students with tasks listed on both sides: Side 1: List the main ideas from the material (section, topic) and summarise them. Side 2: Determine what you have not yet understood from the material (section, topic), and formulate your questions.

Hand signals
The teacher asks students to show signals indicating understanding or misunderstanding of the material (during the teacher's explanation of any concepts, principles, process, etc.). First, you should agree with the students about the use of these signals: I understand and can explain (thumb pointing up). I still don not understand (thumb pointing to the side). I am not quite sure about (wave vour hand). After looking at the signals, the teacher interviews the students in each group. Based on the results of the answers received, the teacher decides to re-study, fix the topic or continue studying the material in the programme.

Traffic light
Each student has cards of three colours of a traffic light. The teacher asks students to use their cards to indicate that they understand or do not understand the material, and then asks students to answer questions.
To students who raised green cards (all understood): What do you understand? To students who raised yellow or red cards: What you do not understand? Based on the results of the answers received, the teacher decides to re-study, fix the topic or continue studying the material in the programme.
One-minute essay A one-minute essay is a technique used by a teacher to provide students with feedback on what they have learned about a topic. To write a one-minute essay, the teacher can ask the following questions: What is the most important thing you learned today? What questions remain unclear to you? Depending on the learning environment and format, a oneminute essay can be used in different ways: During the lesson: the lesson is divided into several stages, tracking the gradual assimilation of the material by students. At the end of the lesson, to inform students about what they will do in the next lesson.

Speech samples (suggestions)
The teacher periodically gives students speech samples (expressions, hints) that help build the response. For example: the main idea (principle or process) is , because etc.
Checking for errors of understanding The teacher intentionally gives students typical erroneous concepts or predictable erroneous judgments about any ideas, principles, or process. Then he/she asks the students to express their agreement or disagreement with what was said and to explain their point of view.

Individual conversations with children
The teacher conducts individual conversations with students to test their level of understanding.

Three-minute pause
The teacher provides students with a three-minute pause, which gives students the opportunity to think about the concepts, ideas of the lesson, link with previous material, knowledge and experience, as well as find out unclear points.

Temperature measurement
This method is used to determine whether students are performing the task correctly. To do this, the students stop activities and the teacher asks the question "What are we doing?" By answering this question, students provide information about the level of understanding of the task or the process of its implementation. In some cases (when working in pairs or in groups), the teacher asks one pair or group of students to demonstrate the process of completing the task. Other couples or groups observe what is required of them.
Mini-test Mini-tests are designed to assess the actual knowledge, skills and abilities of students, so knowledge of specific information, and certain material. These are tests that assume a choice: from a set of suggested answers; from a correct/incorrect answer; or that assume a short answer.

Sample test
The teacher hands out cards with the letters "A, B, C, D" to each student, and asks the students to answer at the same time, so raise the card with the correct answer. The teacher must ask the students to think for 20 seconds and then submit the answer. The teacher discusses different answers with students and asks them to explain their choice. The answers allow the teacher to determine the level and quality of students understanding of the topic and decide whether to continue explaining the topic or move on.

Formative test
The teacher randomly divides students into small groups (4-5 students per group). Each student receives a sheet of test questions and an answer sheet. Students are given time to discuss test questions in small groups. After the discussion, students fill out the answer sheet themselves. Each student's scores are calculated separately. Students should be warned that they may not agree with the group members, and note the answer they think is correct. Consensus (a single opinion) in the group when discussing the answer to a particular question is not required.
Self-assessment diaries/journals Self-assessment diaries/journals are created so that the teacher and the student can evaluate the knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired during the lesson, as well as how this knowledge, skills, and skills were acquired, and their scope. Diaries help the teacher get an idea of the student's level of progress and take appropriate steps to improve the educational process.
Formative survey This is a form of verification that follows immediately after the presentation of the material or any type of activity in the lesson. The teacher creates a table of four boxes (squares) with the words: "Predict", "Explain", "Generalise" and "Evaluate". After explaining the new material, he/she asks students to choose a specific square. At the same time, the teacher explains that this way each student chooses the type of task that he will need to perform on the topic under study. Then, depending on the choice of square, the teacher asks a question. For example: 1. If students select the "Generalise" box, the teacher can give the following task: "List the main ideas from the new material". 2. If students choose the "Explain" box, the teacher may ask the following question: "How do you understand the term (concept) you have studied?"

Inner and outer circle
Students form two circles: internal and external. Children face each other and ask each other questions about the topic they have passed. Students from the outer circle move around and create new pairs, continue the same work.

Generalisation in one offer
Ask students to summarise the topic in a single sentence that answers the questions "Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?"

Generalisation in one word
The teacher gives students a task "Choose the word that most accurately summarises the topic". Written comments (written feedback) A mandatory element of evaluation is providing feedback. When checking the written work of students, the teacher makes comments in accordance with the evaluation criteria and the level of achievement of the result. Comments should be clear and instructive. When checking a written work, you can highlight the correct (interesting) parts in one colour, and the parts that need improvement in another colour. Comments on written works may include reminders (what to add), suggestions, or examples.

Verbal evaluation (verbal feedback)
The most common type of rating. The teacher praised the student for good performance of the exercise and, thus, conducted oral feedback, respectively, the student can understand that this material or information he/she has successfully mastered. The teacher pointed out mistakes in the exercise to the student. He/She did not put any marks on the work, but he appreciated it. As a result, the student can judge what they need to do to achieve better results. Self-assessment A process in which students collect information about their learning, analyse it, and draw conclusions about their progress. A mandatory condition for self-assessment is the presence of criteria for evaluating the work, which students should be familiar with at the beginning of the study of the topic and before the start of the work.

Two stars and one wish (mutual evaluation)
It is used for evaluating student's creative works, and essays. The teacher offers to check the work of a classmate. When students comment on each other's work, they do not evaluate the work, but identify and point out two positive points -"Two stars", and one point that deserves improvement -"Wish".

Participants
Two schools participated in the research: The Municipal state institution (further MSI) "General Education school No. 95" (experimental, 54 students) and the MSI "General Education school No. 16" (control, 53 students). The sample consisted of 107 school pupils.

Methods and Techniques
The main methodological approaches on which the research is based: sys temic, personal, axiological and activity. The following research methods were used in the present research: testing, statistical analysis, generalisation of existing scientific provisions, and conduction of an experiment. We use the Mann-Whitney U-test to considering whether the test groups have differences after the formative experiment. The Wilcoxon T-test was used to determining whether there is a shift in the levels of self-esteem formation in the experimental group. The overall level of self-esteem of primary school children was calculated using the mathematical value "Mode" (the value that appears most often in a set of data values).
The following techniques were also used: "Editorial advice", "Finish the sentence", "Pyramid of knowledge" and traditional tools of evaluation: "Traffic Light", "Symbols", "Magic rulers", "Points", etc. Reflection techniques are also important: 1. Our lesson (event, game) has come to an end, and I want to say...

Procedure
The experiment consisted of three stages: ascertaining, forming and con trol. As we previously determined, the self-esteem of a junior school student consists of three components: cognitive, evaluative, and behavioural. On this basis, we will determine their indicators and distribute them by levels (Table 2). Table 2 Criteria, indicators and levels of self-esteem of primary school children The level of claims is higher than the level of achievements. The younger student chooses reconstructive and variable tasks.
The criteria for the diagnostic programme developed by the authors for self-assessment of primary school children are presented in Table 3. Table 3 Diagnostic programme for self-assessment of primary school children Identify self-esteem and dynamics of the level of claims of students in an experimental situation 3-9 points -low self-esteem 10-16 points -adequate self-esteem 17-21 points -overestimated self-esteem

Features o f the formation o f self-esteem o f primary school children
In the process of including children in self-knowledge, they awoke an in terest in themselves, in their inner world, and helped students find in them selves the qualities and characteristics of personality that ensure effective life activity, the formation of the ability to see the prospect of their own development.
Self-knowledge was carried out through conversations, games, trainings, exhibi tions of students' achievements, open lessons and reflexive essays demonstrat ing students' ability to evaluate their academic and personal achievements, etc.
To form students' experience of self-assessment and reflexive activity, the following algorithm was used: the first step -students' observation of the teach er's assessment activity, which paid special attention to the criteria used as the basis for assessment. The second step -students' presentation of value judg ments to the activities and results of their peers, as well as to their own activi ties, tracking these actions by the teacher. The third step -the direction to form students' ability to formulate criteria for evaluating their activities, behaviour, personal qualities. The fourth step -the assumption of the transition from exter nal motives of self-esteem to internal, which indicated an increase in its level in children. To achieve this goal, we used the development of an algorithm for stepby-step formation of self-evaluation, problem-dialog communication, analysis of the reasons for success/failure, etc.
A summary of the ascertaining stage of the research is presented in Table 4. After receiving the data of the ascertaining stage of the study, we deter mine whether both test groups have the same initial data before starting the forming experiment for this purpose, we use the Mann-Whitney U-test. Let us formulate two hypotheses: H0-subjects do not differ in the levels of self-esteem formation at the ascertaining stage of the study; H -subjects have differences in levels of self-esteem formation at the ascertaining stage of the study. The obtained empirical value of U (1352), with U . p < 0.01 = 1057, U . p < 0.05 em p crit crit = 1166, is in the zone of non-significance. Thus, the hypothesis H0 was con firmed -the test groups do not differ at the beginning of the formative stage of the research. The obtained data indicate the further purity of the experiment at the control stage of the research.
To consider whether the test groups have differences after the forma tive experiment, we again use the Mann-Whitney U-test. Let us formulate two hypotheses: H0 -subjects do not differ in levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment; H1 -subjects have differences in levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment. The obtained empirical value of U em p (546.5), with Ucrit p < 0.01 = 1057, Ucrit p < 0.05 = 1166, is in the zone of signifi cance. Mathematical processing of the obtained results indicates the confirma tion of the Hj hypothesis.
Despite the introduction of pedagogical conditions to stimulate the self-es teem of younger students, in the experimental group, two subjects remained with low self-esteem, the initial conclusion and observation during the pedagog ical experiment speak about the physiological characteristics of these students, and both have the predominant type of melancholic temperament. In the control group, changes are insignificant, the position on the levels of self-esteem forma tion, from overestimated to adequate, only one subject with results of 8 points, level 2, 16 points, respectively.
A summary of the control stage of the researches is demonstrated in Table 5. To determine whether there is a shift in the levels of self-esteem formation in the experimental group, we use the Wilcoxon T-test. Let us formulate two hypotheses: H0 -subjects of the experimental group have no differences in the levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment; H1 -test subjects of the experimental group have differences in the levels of self-esteem formation after the forming experiment. The obtained empirical value of Tem p (91), with Tcrit p < 0.01 = 397, Tcrit p < 0.05 = 466, is in the zone of significance. Thus, the hypothe sis H1 was confirmed -the subjects of the experimental group have differences in the levels of self-esteem formation after the formative experiment. Mathematical processing of the research results showed the effectiveness of the implementa tion of the presented pedagogical conditions in the experimental group.
Thus, after conducting the forming experiment including the experimental group implementation of pedagogical conditions: the inclusion of younger stu dents in the process of self-discovery; their involvement in assessment activities and self-assessment; the criterion evaluation of educational activity of younger pupils, we obtained the following results of the level of self-younger students: low -4 %; high -17 %; adequate -79 %. There is a significant dynamic of chang es in the results for the better in the experimental group: the understated level decreased by 31 %, the overstated level decreased by 24 %, and the adequate level increased by 55 %. In the control group, the results remained almost un changed, only 2 %, so the understated level was 38 %; the overstated level was 40 %; the adequate level was 22 %.

Discussion
At the ascertaining stage of the study, diagnostics of the level of formation of self-esteem of younger schoolchildren was carried out. At the formative stage of the study, we implemented a number of pedagogical conditions to improve the cognitive, evaluative, and behavioural components. The first pedagogical condition is aimed at increasing the level of the cognitive component of the younger student's self-esteem. This is the inclusion of students in the process of self-knowledge, aimed at forming their conscious motivation for self-assessment activities. This pedagogical condition was based on a facilitating approach im plemented through the principles of: accepting the child as he/she is; creating a safe space for the development of students; preventing mistakes and providing assistance; the principle of stimulating the desire to learn and of providing a choice of freedom of action in solving educational tasks [22].
G. Glotova and A. Wilhelm hold a similar opinion. They researched that in early school age self-esteem is formed under the influence of learning and largely depends on the teacher's assessments [23]. C. Blodgett and J. D. Lanigan founded a connection between self-esteem and the level of formation of junior students in educational activities and cognitive activity [24]. In turn, A. N. Kluger et al. proved that in the formation of self-esteem are particularly im portant grounds on which the subject relies when assessing themselves, be cause they determine the level of reliability of self-esteem as a mechanism of self-regulation [25].
The second pedagogical condition is aimed at increasing the level of the assessment component of the younger student's self-esteem. It involves the gradual involvement of students in self-assessment and reflexive activities. This condition is based on a reflexive approach implemented using the following prin ciples: systematic analysis of one's actions, self-analysis and self-reflection; mo bilisation of one's emotional and volitional potential and its management [26]. The third pedagogical condition is aimed at increasing the behavioural compo nent of self-esteem. It involved the active use of criteria-based assessment tech nology in the classroom [14,15]. G. A. Mageau et al. explores self-esteem as a condition for the successful activity of a junior schoolchild [27]. The researcher experimentally proved that inadequate self-esteem can be corrected. C. Driscoll and M. Carter emphasised that the correct formation of self-esteem is one of the most important factors in the development of personality [28]. According to the T.-J. Lin et al., the level of self-esteem depends on relationships with other people, the activity of the indi vidual, his/her participation in the team, the desire for self-improvement [29]. L. P. Dale et al. believed that inadequate self-esteem is often the cause of various psychosomatic and neurotic diseases [30]. There is no doubt about the need to form control and self-esteem in children of primary school age. C. Wood et al. reported that the sooner a younger student understands the need for constant self-control, the better [31].

Conclusions
The study tested three pedagogical conditions that contribute to raising the level of self-esteem components (cognitive, evaluative and behavioural), namely: the inclusion of younger students in the process of self-knowledge; step-by-step involvement of students in self-assessment and reflexive activities; participation of younger students in the criteria assessment. The results of experimental work and mathematical data processing demonstrated the effectiveness of these con ditions. The obtained empirical value of Uem p (546.5), with Ucrit p < 0.01 = 1057, Ucrit p < 0.05 = 1166, is in the zone of significance. So, mathematical processing of the obtained results indicates the confirmation of the H hypothesis. The ob tained empirical value of Tem p (91), with T crit p < 0.01 = 397, Tcrit p < 0.05 = 466, is in the zone of significance. Thus, hypothesis H was confirmed -the subjects of the experimental group have positive shifts in the levels of self-esteem forma tion after the formative experiment. That, in our opinion, is connected with the correct choice of criteria of the diagnostic programme, and also with competent construction of algorithm of research.
Mathematical processing of the research results showed the effectiveness of the implementation of the presented pedagogical conditions in the experimen tal group. This research does not claim to be an exhaustive solution to the prob lem of forming self-esteem of primary school children and is only one of the op tions for solving it. The accumulated theoretical and practical material requires development and refinement. Of particular interest is the search for alternative methods and technologies for the formation of self-esteem of younger students in the context of additional education or educational activities.