COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METHODOLOGICAL DESIGNS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

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 AYŞE TEKIN DEDE

Offered to

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to introduce the literature review for academic work in the field of mathematics education, to teach different methodological designs, to decide on the method suitable for the purpose of the study, and to make sample applications based on the determined methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize doing literature review in mathematics education
2   Recognize methodological designs appropriate to mathematics education
3   Determine appropriate method intended for purposes of mathematics education studies
4   Make applications based on different methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 How is the literature review done
2 Applications of literature review within the scope of a subject determined in mathematics education
3 How is the method determined according to the purpose of a study in the field of mathematics education
4 Introducing quantitative and qualitative methods, their similarities and differences
5 Applications of experimental methods in mathematics education
6 Applications of case study in mathematics education
7 Applications of action research in mathematics education
8 Midterm exam
9 Applications of teaching experiment in mathematics education
10 Applications of lesson study in mathematics education
11 Applications of grounded theory in mathematics education
12 Research design and implementation according to the method determined
13 Research design and implementation according to the method determined
14 Research design and implementation according to the method determined
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Yin R. K. (2018). Case study research and applications: design and methods, 6 th edition. London: Sage.
Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative research and evaluative methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Merriam, S. B., & Tisdell, E. J. (2016). Qualitative research: A guide to design and implementation (4th edition). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2013). Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri. Seçkin yayıncılık.
O'Leary, Z. (2017). The essential guide to doing your research project. Sage.
Bryman, A. (2016). Social research methods. Oxford university press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecturing.

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ayse.tekin@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 quiz etc. 2 5 10
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.22315115555555
LO.32155555553
LO.42155555553