COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND SOLUTIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISÖ 5050 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND SOLUTIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Primary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYSUN NÜKET ELÇI

Offered to

Primary Teacher Education

Course Objective

The course aims to examine the problems encountered in Mathematics education and develop solution to them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to identify the reasons of failure in Mathematics
2   Be able to understand and explain learning and teaching strategies,
3   Be able to know how to employ the learning instruments and
4   Be able to identify and analyze the possible reasons of
5   Be able to develop solutions to the problems encopuntered

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Reasons of failure in Mathematics lessons
2 Examining the reasons of failure in Mathematics lessons
3 Math Anxiety
4 Teaching methods as possible reasons for the failure in Mathematics
5 The Basic Principles and Philosophy of the new approaches in Mathematics education
6 Teaching methods as possible reasons for the failure in Mathematics
7 Analysis of the cuırrent program in terms of the content
8 Course Overview, Evaluation and Midterm Exam
9 Analysis of the cuırrent program in terms of the content
10 Analysis of the cuırrent program in terms of the activites
11 Teaching approaches that are inappropriate for the mental development of students
12 Types of Learning
13 Analysis of the cuırrent program in terms of the course materials and learning instruments
14 Related researches and developing solutions
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expository speech, Presentation, Discussion, Question-Answer, Practice, Problem solving, Brain storming, Learning based on Cooperation, Learning based on Project, Case Study,

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are evaluated by means of learning outcomes, mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are supposed to attend minimum %70 of the lessons.
The instructor reserves the right to ask students complete various individual or cooperative learning activities within the planned education and teaching process. The part and role of the activities in the evaluation process will be announced at the beginning of the term.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 4 6 24
Preparation for final exam 4 6 24
Preparing assignments 8 6 48
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1555
LO.255
LO.344
LO.4443
LO.5555

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