COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5001 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ŞAHIN

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To design and apply science experiments in an appropiate level to Science and Technology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1Significance of experimentation in science teaching
2   2Relationship of experimental technique and curriculum
3   3Experiment worksheet development
4   4Setting goals and acquisition for experiment
5   5Discussion for result and decision

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course materials
2 Significance of experimentation in science teaching
3 Relationship of experimental technique and curriculum
4 Experiment worksheet development
5 Setting goals and acquisition for experiment
6 Settings experimental tools
7 Making experimental tools by using recycled materials
8 Experimental and data collection process
9 Midterm exam
10 Discussion and conclusion process
11 Computer based experimental design
12 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
13 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
14 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary Science Books,
Current articles by science education

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Searching literature and presentations, Group works, Question and answer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3.The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suat.turkoguz@gmail.com, gul.unal@deu.edu.tr, mehmet.sahince@gmail.com

Office Hours

weekdays - working hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13552
LO.23552
LO.33552
LO.43552
LO.53552

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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