At the present stage of the development of domestic education, the main task is to form an active, independent, competent person capable of creativity. Research activities that are characterized by productivity, problematization of students, realization of individual cognitive needs, and orientation to their creative research provide ample opportunities.

The main provisions of the activities of educational institutions in Kazakhstan indicate the need to introduce skills-based approaches to biological education of students by strengthening the practical orientation of the teaching content and introducing more versatile methods of educational activities. Research competence is a set of knowledge and methods of activity that are mandatory for a modern school graduate. Its formation is carried out using a number of methods used both during the lesson and during extracurricular time. The article discusses the conditions for the formation of research skills in the study of biology, the features of the development of cognitive interest and increasing the stability of creative activity of students to improve biological education.