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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FMF 5006	CONCEPTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN PHYSICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP KAYA ŞENGÖREN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to make prospective physics teachers explain the meaning of concept term and its properties,the methods of determining the students misconceptions and the methods of conceptual changes and to provide students applying these methods in the instruction of physics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	will be able to comprehend importance of the concept in teaching
2	will be able to explain why misconceptions occurs in students minds
3	will be able to know common misconceptions in Physics
4	will be able to determine students misconceptions in physics subjects.
5	will be able to develop conceptual change materials in physics subjects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Concepts and their properties
2	Importance of concepts in teaching
3	Conceptual development
4	Misconceptions
5	The reasons of misconceptions
6	Common misconceptions in Physics
7	Review, evaluation of the course, midterm
8	Common misconceptions in Physics
9	The methods of determining the misconcepitons
10	The methods of determining the misconcepitons
11	Teaching concept
12	Conceptual change materials
13	Conceptual change materials
14	Conceptual change materials
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Driver, R. and others (1992) Children's Ideas in Science. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
2. Thomas R.T. and Gunstone, R. F., Probing understanding, The falmer pres.
3. Ülgen, G., (2004) Kavram Geliştirme, Nobel yayın.
4. Related literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: lecturing, discussion,group working and practical homework.

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

Studies in the term, consist of homework and presentations.The final exam is classical.

Assessment Criteria

qualifications of homework and presentations, on-time delivery and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

updated every term

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	4	56
Final Preparation	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	10	5	50
Preparing presentations	6	7	42
Final Exam	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5	5
LO.2	5	5		3
LO.3	5	5
LO.4			5			3	3
LO.5			5		3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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