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
LME 4001 HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELIKE YIĞIT KOYUNKAYA

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The goal of this course is to provide students to realize history of mathematics potential for teaching mathematics and to understand its role for development of mathematics, related mathematicians and development of today's civilization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to comprehend historical development of mathematical concepts.
2   Be able to comprehend the multicultural structure of mathematics.
3   Be able to explain mathematics' role for development of today's civilization.
4   Be able to be familiar with important mathematicians in history of mathematics.
5   To be able to use history of mathematics in teaching mathematics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The place and importance of history of mathematics in mathematics education.
2 Ancient Egyptian mathematics
3 Mesopotamian mathematics
4 Abel and Hindu mathematics.
5 Ancient Greek mathematics.
6 Ancient Greek mathematics.
7 Far East mathematics
8 Course overview, evaluation and midterm examination
9 Islamic Mathematicians
10 Islamic Mathematicians
11 The birth of modern mathematics
12 Mathematics in the period of Turkish Republic
13 Historical development of mathematical concepts
14 Historical development of mathematical concepts
15 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Baki, A. (2014). Matematik Tarihi ve Felsefesi. Pegem Akademi Yayınları, Ankara.
2.Burton, D. M. (2017). Matematik Tarihi Giriş (Çeviri), 1. Basım, Nobel Yaşam Yayınları, Ankara.
3.Dönmez, A. (2005). Matematiğin Öyküsü ve Serüveni Ansiklopedisi (10 cilt). Toplumsal Dönüşüm Yayınları, Istanbul.
4.Mankiewicz, R. (2000). Matematiğin Tarihi (Çeviri), Güncel Yayıncılık, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Group work

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

melike.koyunkaya@deu.edu.tr
Buca Faculty of Education, Cahit Arf Building, Room Number: 325
0 232 3012387

Office Hours

Friday
10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 81

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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