The usage of mobile devices is increasing in frequency and scope. The percentage of students who use smartphones is quite high, in particular among those attending institutions of higher education. Like they would with any other technology, educators are doing research on the efficacy of using smartphones in the classroom. Studies have been conducted on the efficacy of using smartphones in face-to-face education as well as in the process of distant education, which has grown more common as a direct result of COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to do a meta-analysis of the data from previous experimental studies that looked at how well smartphones have been used over the past five years. The total effect size that has been calculated is 3.73. Since p = 0.05, this effect's size is statistically important. This finding has a big effect, as can be seen. For each study, an effect size calculation was done based on Hedges' g. The size of the effect is between -8 and 25.70.

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The article presents the results of studies on the problem of training competitive specialists. The purpose of the study is to identify and justify the content of psychological and pedagogical support for the formation of students' competitiveness. The authors also discuss those comprehensive solutions that are necessary for increasing and sustaining competitiveness, given the contemporary requirements of labor markets. The concept of "competitiveness" is analyzed, its components (psychological and functional substantive) are revealed. Particular attention is paid to competitiveness indicators. The results of the diagnostic study are presented. The authors also present results of a case study, which is aimed at determining the level of creative thinking in students of the Сhuvаsh I. Yakovlev State Pedagogical University, taking into according such characteristics as productivity, divergence, flexibility, novelty, originality, and independence. The authors provide their insights on the degree of students' readiness for competitiveness in the labor market. They also discuss the necessary psychological and pedagogical support for the process of formation of students' competitiveness in the educational and professional space of a university.

The relevance of the research problem is due to the happening socio-cultural changes in the world, when in the conditions of polyethnicity and multiculturalism of the countries there are difficulties with the consolidation of citizens and establishing the dialogue on the principles of equality and mutual respect. The purpose of this article is to clarify the content of civic personal identity, and based on the analysis of the existing world experience of civic education of students, to present own program of forming civic identity among schoolchildren. This paper presents the content of each of the components of the civic identity of a person (cognitive, value-oriented, emotionally-evaluative, behavioral)