COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OBJECT ANALYSIS IN BIOLOGY CURRICULUM AND TEST DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 6034 OBJECT ANALYSIS IN BIOLOGY CURRICULUM AND TEST DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To determine goal, aims and objectives of the related curriculum, To explain the important of determination the objectives on teaching and learning, To develop aims and objectives of the program in the related area, To develop and implement the test in parallel to the curriculum.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   know the aims and characteristics of curriculum.
2   notice the relationship between aim, goal and content in curriculum.
3   notice the importance of defining aim and goals.
4   define aim and goals of a subject.
5   develop and implement assessement tools to measure aims and goals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of identifying goals and achievements of documents releated instruction.
2 Fields of learning.
3 Using taxonomic approaches to examine learning.
4 Investigation of the learning fields adopted new curriculums
5 Examination of aims and outcomes in the new curriculum according to students' field.
6 The criteria used to write objectives.
7 Examination the concepts of purpose, aim, learning outcomes and gain.
8 Mid-term exam
9 Examination the relationship between outcomes - activities.
10 The studies of development activity according to outcomes in the curriculum.
11 To development questions according to the outcomes.
12 The considering the features in the implementation developed questions.
13 To development goal, outcome and activity belonging to a topic.
14 The development of student projects.
15 The presentation of the student projects and the evaluation of the the course.
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Sönmez, V. 2004; Program Geliştirmede Öğretmen El Kitabı, Anı ayıncılık, ISBN: 975-6956-17-8, Ankara
Hull, R. 1993; Science Teachers' Handbook, Simon & Schuster Education, ISBN: 0-7501-0449-X, U.K.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, individual work, question-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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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)
Application 0
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Quiz Preparation 0
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 2 15 30
Research Presentation 2 15 30
Quizzes 0
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.124
LO.224
LO.324
LO.424
LO.524