In the proposed article, the increase in the activity of students using the research method in teaching heterocyclic compounds was considered. Having demonstrated the advantages of the research method in the educational process, the special place and importance of each of them in teaching students was demonstrated. The author in the article pointed out the way to the development of cognitive and creative interests of students, to the development of students' skills of independent assimilation and application of chemical knowledge necessary for solving practical problems by methods of teaching chemistry at the university.

The purpose of the article is to study the level of activity of students in the study of chemistry, as well as to determine effective methods and forms of work with students that contribute to the formation of interest. The development of interest and motivation to study chemistry through the implementation of research activities, teaching students to carry out activities based on independently identified facts, mastering the methodology of scientific research through the study of the stages of scientific cognition.