COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INVESTIGATION OF THE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION LITERATURE

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEMIHA KULA ÜNVER

Offered to

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To investigate selected issues and trends in mathematics education in relation with teacher education, students difficulties, learning and teaching methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing trends in mathematics education.
2   To be able to explain researches related to effective factors related to mathematics teacher education.
3   To be able to explain researches related to subject matter knowledge in mathematics education.
4   To be able to explain researches related to pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics education.
5   Knowing the researches related to students difficulties in mathematics education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sharing the content of the lesson, introducing the course sources, expressing the expectations about the course
2 Review and analyses of the trend literature related to mathematics education
3 Review and analyses of the trend literature related to mathematics education
4 Literature review of the subject matter knowledge related to mathematics education
5 Literature review of the subject matter knowledge related to mathematics education
6 Literature review of the pedagogical content knowledge related to mathematics education
7 Literature review of the pedagogical content knowledge related to mathematics education
8 Presentation of assignments
9 Literature review of the student obstacles' in mathematics education
10 Literature review of the student obstacles' in mathematics education
11 Literature review of the studies related to mathematics language
12 Literature review of the studies related to mathematics language
13 Preparing and presenting a research topic
14 Preparing and presenting a research topic
15 Preparing and presenting a research topic

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Papers and dissertations related to mathematics education.

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 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 7 2 14
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 14 2 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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