COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SÜHA YILMAZ

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the history of mathematics, the methods, materials and curricula used in the history of mathematics and to compare them with today's curriculum and education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1.History of mathematics, significance and value are understood.
2   2.In the first civilizations, the development process of mathematics is learned.
3   3. Mathematics and methods used in ancient Anatolian civilizations are learned.
4   4. Turkish-Islamic scientists and mathematicians are learned in the Middle Ages.
5   5. The methods used in the courses of arithmetic, algebra and geometry in the Ottoman period are investigated.
6   6. Teaching methods and curriculums in current and past terms are compared.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.WEEK:Pre-civilization mathematics.
2 2.WEEK:Ancient Egypt mathematics.
3 3.WEEK:Ancient Greek mathematics.
4 4.WEEK:Developments in the field of mathematics in Europe in the Middle Ages and Turkish - Islamic World.
5 5.WEEK:Historical development of Geometry
6 6.WEEK:Historical development of some mathematical concepts.
7 7.WEEK:Historical development of numbers and algebra.
8 8.WEEK:Course overview,evaluation and Midterm examination.
9 9.WEEK:Historical development of Geometrinin Non- Euclidean (Euclidean)
10 10.WEEK:Mathematics in Ottomans
11 11.WEEK:Some famous mathematicians.
12 12.WEEK:The birth of contemporary mathematics.
13 13.WEEK:Studies in the field of mathematics in the Republican period.
14 14.WEEK:Historical flow of mathematics education.
15 15.WEEK:Semester final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Van Der Waerden, B. L. (1994). Bilimin Uyanışı Eski Mısır. Babilonya ve Eski Yunan Matematiği Türk Matematik Derneği tarafından.
Aksoy, Y. (1999). Matematik [ve] tarihi. Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi.
Izgi, C. (1997). Osmanlı medreselerinde ilim: Riyazı ilimler (Vol. 11). Iz.
Leibniz, G. W. (2011). Metafizik üzerine konuşma.
Dönmez, A. (1986). Bir bilim olarak matematik tarihi. Vyayinlari.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assignments, Presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and final exams are determined according to the weekly course content within the scope of the learning outcomes of the course. Within the scope of other activities, assignments given to students and presentations made by students are evaluated.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of students is measured by midterm, homework presentations and final exams in the direction of learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suha.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr
Hasan Ali Yücel Building
3012335

Office Hours

Wednesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 10 1 10
Preparation for final exam 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 5 1 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1122214
LO.21222114
LO.31222114
LO.41222114
LO.51222314
LO.61222314