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Producing smart individuals is becoming one of the main tasks of education in Russia. Learning how to solve stereometric problems is essential for the intellectual development of various categories of pupils. However, numerous monitoring studies show that geometric knowledge and skills of senior pupils studying at secondary vocational schools and comprehensive school graduates have been steadily declining over the past decade. Thus, there is a need for further updating the methods of teaching mathematics, in particular geometry. With the development of information technologies, the opportunities of using e-learning and distance learning are steadily growing. By reasonably complementing the existing methods of teaching stereometry with some elements of e-learning, the teacher can extend the time frame of the educational process and solve his/her tasks more efficiently. This article describes the possible use of elements of distance learning to learn how to solve stereometric problems. The author has developed a model of using e-learning to learn how to solve stereometric problems. This model allows one to facilitate further development of spatial thinking in pupils through the: a) differentiation of stereometric material, taking into account the initial level of spatial thinking of each pupil; b) use of the tutorial developed by the author, helping one to learn how to solve stereometric problems; practical exercises in the tutorial are differentiated according to the individual characteristics of geometric thinking of each pupil; c) use of various means of interaction between pupils and the teacher, including distance learning technologies (chat, forum, etc.), to overcome the heuristic and personal difficulties pupils may encounter when solving stereometric problems on their own.

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