COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMK 5030 CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELIS ARZU UYULGAN

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to inform students about chemical representation levels, the methods that can be used to determine these levels and teaching methods for these levels.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After completing this course, the students will be able to; 1. Explain chemical representation levels (macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic level).
2   2. Explain which methods can be used for determination of chemical representation levels (macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic level).
3   3. Prepare a lesson plan about chemical representation levels (macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic level).
4   4. Determine chemical representation levels (macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic level) in chemistry related course resources.
5   5. Develop original teaching materials for chemical representation levels (macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic level).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Keywords and introduction to chemical representations
2 Learning at Macroscopic representation level and examples
3 Learning at Macroscopic representation level and examples
4 Learning at sub-microscopic representation level and examples
5 Learning at sub-microscopic representation level and examples
6 Learning at symbolic representation level and examples
7 Learning at symbolic representation level and examples
8 Multimedia examples related to chemical representations
9 Multimedia examples related to chemical representations
10 Examples of national and international studies on chemical representations
11 Examples of national and international studies on chemical representations
12 Homework presentations
13 Homework presentations
14 Homework presentations
15 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Gilbert, J. K., Treagust, D. (2009). Multiple Representations in Chemical Education, Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4020-8871-1; e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8872-8; DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-8872-8.
Treagust, D., Chittleborough, G., & Mamiala, T. (2003). The role of submicroscopic and symbolic representations in chemical explanations. International Journal of Science Education, 25(11), 1353-1368.
Okumuş, S., Öztürk, B., Doymuş, K., & Alyar, M. (2014). Maddenin tanecikli yapısının mikro ve makro boyutta anlaşılmasının sağlanması. Eğitim Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi, 4(1), 349-368.
Kelly, R. M., Barrera, J. H., & Mohamed, S. C. (2009). An analysis of undergraduate general chemistry students misconceptions of the submicroscopic level of precipitation reactions. Journal of Chemical Education, 87(1), 113-118.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Doing research, project preparation, discussion, making presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of homework and presentation materials.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

melis.cekci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday between 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 10 100
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final Assignment 1 3 3
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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