Student learning activity is a complex mental activity and involves all processes and mental facts. In this article we will refer to the importance of the volition in the didactic learning activity. What represents the volition? How does it differ from other mental processes? The efficiency of learning depends not only of intellectual abilities and skills, the results obtained by students at evaluations depend not only of the intellectual capacities and skills, affective-motivational structures, but also of the volition qualities; power of volition, perseverance, independence of volition, promptitude, self-control, firmness, discipline, courage.