COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5021 TEACHING SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜL ÜNAL ÇOBAN

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

designing of the course material, scales to assessment and learning environments is aimed to develop scientific process skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding how science Works
2   Understanding about the productions of scientific studies
3   Understanding basic and advanced science process skills.
4   Developing learning materials and measurement and assessment tools for science process skills.
5   Designing learning environments to develop science process skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is science How a scientist work What are the characteristics of scientific studies What are the products of scientific studies (content and method) What is scientific method
2 Science process skills: basic and advanced.
3 Observing, classifying
4 Communicating
5 Measuring, Prediciting, inferring
6 Defining and controlling variables and formulating and testing hypotheses
7 Interpreting and comrehending data
8 Mid-term exam
9 Concluding, constructing models
10 How to develop science process skills: Developing sample materials.
11 How to develop science process skills: Developing sample materials.
12 How to measure and assess science process skills: Developing sample materials.
13 How to measure and assess science process skills: Developing sample materials.
14 Designing learning environments for developing science process skills.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ergin, Ö., Şahin-Pekmez, E., Öngel-Erdal, S., (2005). Kuramdan Uygulamaya Deney Yoluyla Fen Öğretimi [From theory to practise science teaching through experimenting] Dinazor Kitabevi, Kanyılmaz Matbaası, Izmir.
Gott, R. & Duggan, S. (2003). Understanding and Using Scientific Evidence. Sage Publications.
Martin, D.J. (1997). Elementary Science Methods. Delmar Publishers.
Harlen, W. (1988). The Teaching of science in Primary Schools. 2nd ed. David Fulton Publishers.
Harlen, W. (1999). Purposes and Procedures for Assessing Science Process Skills. Assessment in Education, 6, 1, 129-144.
Millar, R. (1991). A Means to an End: The Role Of Processes in Science Education. In: B., E. Woolnough (Ed). The Role and Reality of Practical Work in School Science. Open University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, discussion, inquiry

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3.The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gul.unal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

weekdays-working hourses

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 13 5 65
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.6
LO.145
LO.245
LO.345
LO.445
LO.545

CONTACT INFORMATION
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