COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH METHODS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 6047 RESEARCH METHODS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To provide understanding concept of research and learning methods used into educational research To have an experience to conduct a research project on a small scale

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understand main concepts in educational research.
2   analyze a research paper
3   write a research proposal

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Scientific research methods
2 Scientific research methods
3 Using the Scientific Research Methods in the Field of Science Education
4 Methods used in educational research
5 Methods used in educational research
6 Data collecting procedures in educational research
7 Data collecting procedures in educational research
8 Mid-term exam
9 Concepts of reliability and validity in educational research
10 The statistic in educational research
11 The statistic in educational research
12 Research, planning and implementing research studies
13 Research, planning and implementing research studies
14 Writing Research Report
15 End-of-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Çepni, Salih. 2009; Araştırma ve proje çalışmalarına giriş, Celepler Matbaacılık, Trabzon.
Kaplan, Saim. 2003;Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 186

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1322
LO.2322
LO.3322