COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TENDENCIES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMM 5041 TENDENCIES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH METHODS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESRA BUKOVA GÜZEL

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To develop skills towards the structure of quantitative and qualitative research that can be used in mathematics education and recognize the characteristics, types and intended use of the quantitative and qualitative methods

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain what is the quantitative research, types, data collection and analysis processes.
2   To be able to examine the quantitative research in conducted mathematics education and to look critically them
3   To examine what is qualitative research, the types of data collection and analysis processess
4   To be able to examine the qualitative research in conducted mathematics education and to look critically them
5   To examine quantitative and qualitative research conducted in mathematics education field, and to look critically at these studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An overview of the research methods used in mathematics education, the similarities and differences of quantitative and qualitative research methods, examination of the place of research tradition of qualitative research
2 An overview of quantitative research methods used in mathematics education
3 Examination of the quantitative research designs in terms of mathematics education
4 Examination of the quantitative research process in terms of mathematics education
5 Selection of sampling in quantitative research in terms of mathematics education
6 Data collection process in quantitative research and examining researches conducted in mathematics education
7 Midterm exam.
8 An overview of qualitative research methods used in mathematics education
9 Examination of the qualitative research designs in terms of mathematics education
10 Examination of the qualitative research process in terms of mathematics education
11 Selection of tparticipants in quantitative research in terms of mathematics education
12 Data collection process in qualitative research and examining researches conducted in mathematics education
13 Qualitative data analysis and examining researches conducted in mathematics education
14 Reliability and validity in qualitative research and examining researches conducted in mathematics education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question-answer, problem solving, active learning techniques, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esra.bukova@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 14 3 42
Pre Class Self Study 14 10 140
Paper Preparation 14 2 28
Research Presentation 14 2 28
Midterm Preparation 7 1 7
Final Preparation 7 1 7
Final Exam 1 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 256

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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