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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
OME 4003	MISCONCEPTIONS IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING	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 SIBEL YEŞILDERE IMRE

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To be able to recognize possible misconceptions in teaching mathematics and to learn how to overcome.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To comprehend the "mathematical error", "difficulty" and misconception notions properly in learning mathematics
2	To comprehend and use the knowledge of learning difficulties encountered during the formation of mathematical concepts
3	To use the knowledge of misconceptions during the mathematical learning process
4	To use the knowledge of misconceptions in order to make mathematical connections
5	To assess the mathematical misconceptions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Mathematical error, difficulty and misconception
2	Types of misconceptions
3	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: Numbers
4	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: Place value
5	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: subtraction
6	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: negative numbers
7	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: numbers
8	Course overview, evaluation and midterm examination
9	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: fractions
10	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: ratio
11	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: probability
12	Mathematical concepts and common misconceptions related to these concepts: equations
13	Techniques of argumentation that reveal the thinking process of middle school students
14	Suggestions for conceptual misconceptions according to the characteristics of the concepts and the individual differences of the students.
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Altun Altun, M. (2010). Eğitim Fakülteleri ve Ilköğretim Öğretmenleri Için Matematik Öğretimi,Istanbul: Alfa Yayınları, ISBN 975-96523-0-7.
Altun, M. ve Alkan, H. (Bölüm Yazarlığı), Editör; Prof. Dr. Aynur Özdaş ,(1999). Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Ilköğretim Öğretmenliği Lisans Tamamlama Programı Matematik Eğitimi, (1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10. Bölümler), Eskişehir: Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın no:591, ISBN 975-492-825-8.
Altun, M. (2010). Ilköğretim Ikinci Kademede ( 6, 7 ve 8. Sınıflarda) Matematik Öğretimi, Istanbul: Alfa Yayınları, ISBN 975-96523-0-7.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, lecture, demonstrating, discussion, case study, collaborative learning

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

Midterm exam, presentations and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sibel.yesildere@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	1	12
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Preparing assignments	13	1	13
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1		3			3	4			4	4	5	4	3
LO.2				4						4	4
LO.3	3	5	4	3	4		5	4	4	4	4			3
LO.4		4	4				5			4	4
LO.5		5					4	4	3	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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