Abstract. In this article, the problem situation can be formed in all educational activities. It depends on the creative approach of the teacher. The importance of the problematic situation is that it focuses students' attention on one place (problem) and teaches students to search and think. When creating a problem situation, it is appropriate for the teacher to tell the students what to focus on. Being able to get out of a problematic situation is always connected with the understanding of the problem, that is, what is unknown, its verbal expression and solution. If we analyze the problem situation mentally, it is primarily the independent mental activity of students. It leads the student to understand the reasons that caused intellectual difficulties, to enter into it, to express the problem in words, that is, to define active thinking. Consistency is clearly visible here: first, a problematic situation arises, then the formation of an educational problem is analyzed.