Score-rating system influence on the formation of general professional competence of students in technical universities

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Branch of the University in the City of Oktyabrsky, 54a, Devonskaya St., Oktyabrsky, Republic of Bashkortostan,452607, Russia

^* Corresponding author: Igtisamova_galiy@mail.ru

Abstract

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has established a score-rating system to assess the achievement quality within academic disciplines. The word "rating" is a foreign-language term, literal translation into Russian means "assessment". The second meaning of the word "rating" is a numerical measure; it characterizes performance of a student, pupil, etc., during a certain period of training, usually by the 20-point scale, or 100-point scale. This article highlights the history of formation and implementation of a score-rating system into the curriculum. Due to development of advanced technologies, there is a need for training highly qualified personnel to solve increasingly complex problems in professional activities. In our opinion, pedagogical assessment of student's knowledge in the form of score-rating system is a key role for preparing highly qualified personnel. The authors study processes of training skilled professionals in the course of academic education in technical universities of our country. Key words: score-rating system (SRS), competence, student, progress, credit, rating, factor.