COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VISUAL LEARNING AND GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 5054 VISUAL LEARNING AND GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GAMZE SEZGIN SELÇUK

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Students will be able to learn and understand importance of visual learning, and usage of visual learning tools in physics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to know terms and concepts concerning graphic organizers (GOs)
2   to combine visual learning and technology
3   to use the internet to follow the researches in physics education regarding GOs
4   to create graphic organizers with Microsoft Word and some special Software tools
5   to design of a GO research study in physics education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is visual thinking and learning
2 The power of visual learning
3 Combination of visual learning and technology
4 Definition of a graphic organizer and Classification of graphic organizers (GOs)
5 Examples of GOs in Physics 1
6 Examples of GOs in Physics 2
7 Creating graphic organizers with Microsoft Word and some special Software tools
8 Midterm Exam+Creating graphic organizers with Microsoft Word and some special Software tools
9 Creating graphic organizers with Microsoft Word and some special Software tools (continue)
10 Physics education researches concerning GOs
11 Physics education researches concerning GOs (continue)
12 Designing of a GO research study in physics education
13 Designing of a GO research study in physics education (continue)
14 Designing of a GO research study in physics education (continue)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Frank et al. (2007). Graphic Organizers for Science, Incentive Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, question-answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Written exam, assignments

Assessment Criteria

exam, assignment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Continuity is given importance to the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gamze.sezgin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Remaining hours outside the course

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 6 10 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for final exam 7 3 21
Preparation for midterm exam 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13532
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5554322