COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OME 3004 TEACHING PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BERNA CANTÜRK GÜNHAN

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach prospective teachers about the concepts of probability and statistics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Learn the concepts of probability and statistics and learn the misconceptions of student concept.
2   2. Prepare activities on the teaching of concepts related to probability and statistics.
3   3. It can benefit from concrete materials and technology in teaching the concepts related to probability and statistics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Pedagogical knowledge of probability
2 Misconceptions of students about probability
3 Preparing an activity on probability teaching
4 Pedagogical background on data collection, organizing, demonstration and analysis of data
5 Students' misconceptions about data collection, organizing of data, display and analysis
6 Preparing activities on data collection, organizing data, teaching display and analysis
7 Pedagogical knowledge of central tendency measures
8 Course overview, Evaluation and midterm, Examination
9 Misconceptions of students about central tendency measures
10 Preparing an activity on the teaching of central tendency measures
11 Pedagogical field knowledge on distribution measures
12 Misconceptions of students about distribution measures
13 Preparing an activity on teaching disability measures
14 Technology-supported probability and statistics teaching
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akdeniz, Fikri (2006). Olasılık ve Istatistik. Ankara: Nobel Yayınevi
Hatice Akkoç ve Sibel Yeşildere-Imre (2015). Teknolojik Pedagojik Alan Bilgisi Temelli Olasılık ve Istatistik Öğretimi. Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.
Jones, G.A., Thornton C.A., Langrall, C.W., Mooney, E.S., Perry, B. & Putt, I.J. (2000), A Framework for Characterizing Children s Statistical Thinking. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2(4), 269-307.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, discussion, question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 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)

berna.gunhan@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 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 10 2 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
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LO.242332
LO.335333