COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATEMATICAL THINKING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IME 6030 MATEMATICAL THINKING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ELIF TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Have information about mathematical thinking, what kind of processes that include and have information about related thinking ways.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know components of mathematical thinking.
2   Know strategies of mathematical thinking

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Some basic concepts
2 Definition of mathematical thinking
3 Some strategies used by mathematical thinking
4 Some strategies used by mathematical thinking
5 Flexible and creative thinking
6 Inductive reasoning
7 Deductive reasoning
8 Presantation of work
9 Spatial and visual thinking
10 Critical thinking
11 Problem solving and mathematical thinking
12 Advance mathematical thinking
13 Searching some articles on mathematical thinking
14 Students presentations of research homeworks
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Steffe, L., Nesher, P., Cobb, P. (1996). Theories of Mathematical Learning. London.
English, L.ve Halford, G.(1995). Mathematics Education: models and processes. LEA.
Dickson, L., Brown, B. ve Gibson, O. (1993). Children learning mathematics: A
teacher s guide to recent research. London: Cassell.
Lansdell, J. M. (1999). Introducing young children to mathematical concepts:
Problems with new terminology. Educational Studies, 25(3), 327-333.
Orton, A. (1994). Learning mathematics: Issues, theory and classroom practice.
London: Cassell.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, investigation, and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent of the course is obligatory to attend

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 10 5 50
Project Assignment 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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