COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITIQUE AND ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IME 6041 CRITIQUE AND ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEMIHA KULA ÜNVER

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for the critical evaluation of educational research. In this course students will survey major research areas associated with the field of mathematics education. Through reading research articles the students will be exposed to mathematics education researchers and their works. Another goal of this course is to familiarize students with the types of educational researches, the major methods and techniques of educational research, and elements of published research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to identify the components of the research process as applied in published research articles.
2   Students will be introduced to research literature associated with the mathematics education.
3   Students will be able to critically review mathematics education research literature.
4   Students will be able to identify important areas in mathematics education for future study.
5   Students will be able to write a research critique for either a qualitative or quantitative mathematics education research article.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The research critique
2 How to critique quantitative studies. Research article critique guidelines
3 How to critique qualitative studies. Research article critique guidelines
4 Writing critique of a research article
5 Literature review in mathematics education on selected topics
6 Critique and analyses of literature on subject matter knowledge in mathematics education
7 Critique and analyses of literature on pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics education
8 Presentation of assignments
9 Critique and analyses of literature on Knowledge Quartet in mathematics education
10 Critique and analyses of literature on misconceptions in mathematics education
11 Critique and analyses of literature on representations in mathematics education
12 Student presentations of article critiques and analyses
13 Student presentations of article critiques and analyses
14 Student presentations of article critiques and analyses
15 Presentation of assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Papers and dissertations related to mathematics education.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question-answer, problem solving, active learning techniques, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** 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)

semiha.kula@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 206

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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