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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FMM 6061	DESIGN AND PRESENTING THEORETICAL-BASED RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IŞIKHAN UĞUREL

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

In order to develop their knowledge and ability of a general process of a research, Students will deeply examine mathematics education research. The course provides information in order to prepare and present a comprehensive academic seminar.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To comprehend the general structure and process of research seminar
2	To be able to critically read and compare the content of the research in literature
3	To be able to analytically think and compare a group of the research in literature
4	To be able to critically and analytically think about the writing form and content of the research in literature
5	To be able to connect the research in literature and their own studies, and presenting it wriiten and oral as a comprehensive research report
6	To develop skills to plan and conduct a series (consequtive) research seminars.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Selecting a seminar subject. Conducting a research of Critical reading and comparing in literature
2	Conducting a research of Critical reading and comparing in literature
3	Conducting a research of analytical thinking ans comparing in literature
4	Conducting a research of analytical thinking ans comparing in literature
5	Planning an academic seminar (1)
6	Conducting an academic seminar (1)
7	Designing a project and execute it until the end of the term.
8	Writing an observation report related to an academic research (1)
9	Planning an academic seminar (2)
10	Conducting an academic seminar (2)
11	Writing an observation report related to an academic research (2)
12	Planning an academic seminar (3)
13	Conducting an academic seminar (3)
14	Writing an observation report related to an academic research (3)
15	Final Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

-- Clark, W. (1989). On the Dialectical Origins of the Research Seminar. In History of Science, Vol. 27, Part 1, No. 96, pp. 111-154.
-- Adam, K. (2004). Modelling Success: Enhancing International Postgraduate Research Students' Self efficacy for Research Seminar Presentations, Higher Education Research & Development, 23(2), 115-30.
-- Gahagan, J. S. (2002). A Historical and Theoretical Framework for the First-YearSseminar. In National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, The 2000 national survey of first-year seminar programs: Continuing innovations in the collegiate curriculum (Monograph No. 35) (pp. 5-10).
-- Weissberg, B. (1993). The Graduate Seminar: Another Research-Process Genre, English for Specific Purposes, 12(1), 23-35.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Learning by the way of research-Examination, small group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	PRJ	PROJECT
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PRS	PRESENTATION
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	PRJ * 0.40 + ASG * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20

*** 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

70% attendance is required.
Individual and group work is done.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Tel: 0 232 420 4882-12429
E-mail: isikhan.ugurel@deu.edu.tr

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	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Preparing assignments	2	30	60
Preparing presentations	2	20	40
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			207

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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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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