The article considers the problem of successful training that meets modern requirements posed to the education system. The search for answers to this question leads the author of the article to conclusions about the relationship between successful learning and the development of successful activity among students. The author formulates his own definition of active activity on the basis of the analysis of various points of view of scientists on this problem.

The researcher focuses on the study of successful teaching methods in biology classes, examines the history of the theory of activating educational activities, analyzes educational activities that allow students to develop active thinking, and also classifies the main types of educational activities.

According to the author, a special role in increasing the activity of students in a modern school is performed by creative tasks. This is due to the fact that they not only increase the creative potential of students, but also develop research skills. Guided by this idea, the author comes to the conclusion that research can be included in the structure of any science and contribute to the activation of cognitive activity of students.