Organization of independent learning in the higher education system, determining the motives that encourage students to work independently, and developing their independent learning skills, first of all, is an urgent pedagogical problem. Because in modern conditions, when the range of information and knowledge is rapidly expanding, it is emphasized that all information cannot be fully conveyed to students only during classes. According to the nature of the tasks, there are more types of independent work and they have different educational goals: preliminary study of the material; listening to lectures, making notes; working with recommended sources of information