Abstract
Introduction. Nowadays specialists with critical and analytical thinking skills are required in labor market. Acquiring these skills is a long process, requiring time and appropriate mental invest-ment. The study of mathematics provides the basis for the development of logical thinking, atten-tion, accuracy, starting from the school. Methodology. Theoretical analysis and generalization of pedagogical experience; questioning; scholarly and popular scientific literature analysis; mathematical statistics methods application in processing the results of experimental research. Discussion. Identified pedagogical conditions contribute to the interest development in the mathematics study. To study the criteria for the development of critical and analytical thinking stu-dents of each presented specialties were divided into control and experimental groups. Results. The average point of the initial level of mathematical knowledge in the control group was 2,98, in the experimental group – 3,04 (the difference 1%). As a result of the experimental test-ing of the effectiveness of the development of interest in the study of mathematics positive results were obtained – the level of mathematical knowledge of students in the experimental group was 9% higher than among students studying by the classical technology. The study of the level of critical and analytical thinking was carried out according to developed criteria. The results: at the first stage, there was no difference between the results of the survey of the control and experimental groups, at the second stage the difference – 5%, at the third stage – 7.1%. Students of experimental groups were able to demonstrate a higher level of critical and analytical thinking. Conclusion. Successful learning of the mathematics in the higher professional education’s sys-tem will lead to an increase in the critical and analytical thinking level of future bachelors, which in turn will be affected by the demand in the modern labor market