Innovative approaches to assessing the level of formed functional competence of cadets at different stages of training

the article presents the results of an experimental study of the effectiveness of innovative methods for assessing the functional competence of cadets of military universities. The relevance of the study is due to the need to improve the diagnostic tools in the context of growing demands on the training of military specialists capable of solving non-standard problems in a dynamically changing environment. The aim of the work was to compare the effectiveness of traditional and innovative approaches to assessing professional competencies at different stages of training. The research methodology included a comprehensive experiment involving 248 cadets divided into a control and experimental group. In the control group, traditional assessment methods were used, while in the experimental group, the technology of modeling professional situations developed by the authors was used. The main results demonstrate a statistically significant superiority of the innovative approach in key parameters: objectivity of assessment (27.3% higher), correlation with subsequent success in service and combat activities (r = 0.78 versus r = 0.41), diagnostic value (32.1% higher). Positive dynamics of functional competence development in the experimental group at the final stage of training (an increase of 18.5%) was established. The practical significance of the study lies in the development and validation of a set of assessment tools integrating digital technologies, situational modeling and multivariate analysis, which allows increasing the prognostic value of the educational process in military universities.

innovative approaches, assessment, formation, functional competence, cadets