COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OME 1005 HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SÜHA YILMAZ

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To give information about the historical development of the daily mathematics from the past, to mention the contributions of the famous mathematicians and mathematics in the history of mathematics, to introduce the important mathematicians in the world of turkish and Islam and to present their studies in the field of mathematics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1.History of mathematics, significance and value are understood.
2   2.In the first civilizations, the development process of mathematics is learned.
3   3. Mathematics and methods used in ancient Anatolian civilizations are learned.
4   4. Turkish-Islamic scientists and mathematicians are learned in the Middle Ages.
5   5. The methods used in the courses of arithmetic, algebra and geometry in the Ottoman period are investigated.
6   6. Teaching methods and curriculums in current and past terms are compared.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.WEEK:Pre-civilization mathematics. 11.WEEK:Some famous mathematicians.
2 2.WEEK:Ancient Egypt mathematics. 12.WEEK:The birth of contemporary mathematics.
3 3.WEEK:Ancient Greek mathematics. 13.WEEK:Studies in the field of mathematics in the Republican period.
4 4.WEEK:Developments in the field of mathematics in Europe in the Middle Ages and Turkish - Islamic World. 14.WEEK:Historical flow of mathematics education.
5 5.WEEK:Historical development of Geometry 15.WEEK:Semester final exam.
6 6.WEEK:Historical development of some mathematical concepts.
7 7.WEEK:Historical development of numbers and algebra.
8 8.WEEK:Course overview,evaluation and Midterm examination.
9 9.WEEK:Historical development of Geometrinin Non- Euclidean (Euclidean)
10 10.WEEK:Mathematics in Ottomans

Recomended or Required Reading

Awakening of Science, B.L.Van Der Waerden (Translator: Prof.Dr.Orhan Şerafettin Içen).
Mathematics and History, Prof. Yavuz Aksoy.
Science in the Ottoman Schools, Cevat Izgi.
On metaphysics, Leibniz.
History of Mathematics as a Science, Ali Dönmez.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of students is measured by midterm, homework presentations and final exams in the direction of learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Professor Süha Yılmaz
Tel:02323012335
email:suha.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 10 1 10
Preparation for final exam 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 5 1 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1122214
LO.21222114
LO.31222114
LO.41222114
LO.51222314
LO.61222314

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