eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2014-12-28 11 3 10764 article Galina Rudolfovna Vodyanenko 1 Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Russia, 614000, Perm, Komsomolsky Prospect, 29. The article considers the relevance and the method of changing the traditional model of cognitive activity, aimed at the interaction between the person (student) and the modern information and technologically rich world. A new model is proposed to call the information and cognitive activity. The existing model structure transformation is produced by increasing the conjugacy of components of thinking, information and engineering research activities. The pedagogical experiment for the development of information and cognitive activity by students is described, and the obtained data are discussed and interpreted herein. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol11no3/information-and-cognitive-activities-of-a-student-as-a-way-to-interact-with-the-new-information-reality/ Cognitive activity; Thought activity; Information activity; Research activity; Information and cognitive activity; Operational sphere; Motivational sphere; Critical thinking.