COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN AND PRESENTING PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMM 6070 DESIGN AND PRESENTING PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESRA BUKOVA GÜZEL

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

In order to develop their knolwdge and ability of a general process of a research, Students will deeply examine mathematics education research. The course provides information in order to prepare and present a comprehensive academic seminar.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the general structure and process of research seminar
2   To be able to critically read and compare the content of the research in literature
3   To be able to analytically think and compare a group of the research in literature
4   To be able to critically and analytically think about the writing form and content of the research in literature
5   To be able to connetc the research in literature and their own studies, and presenting it as a research report

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Structure and process of research seminar
2 Selecting a seminar subject. Conducting a research of Critical reading and comparing in literature
3 Conducting a research of Critical reading and comparing in literature
4 Conducting a research of Critical reading and comparing in literature
5 Conducting a research of Critical reading and comparing in literature
6 Conducting a research of analitical thinking and comparing in literature
7 Conducting a research of analitical thinking and comparing in literature
8 Conducting a research of analitical thinking and comparing in literature
9 Conducting a research of analitical thinking and comparing in literature
10 Conducting a research of analitical thinking and comparing in literature
11 Conducting a research of analitical thinking and comparing in literature
12 Planning an academic seminar
13 Presenting an academic seminar
14 Presenting an academic seminar
15 Presenting an academic seminar

Recomended or Required Reading

-- Clark, W. (1989). On the Dialectical Origins of the Research Seminar. In History of Science, Vol. 27, Part 1, No. 96, pp. 111-154.
-- Adam, K. (2004). Modelling Success: Enhancing International Postgraduate Research Students' Self efficacy for Research Seminar Presentations, Higher Education Research & Development, 23(2), 115-30.
-- Gahagan, J. S. (2002). A Historical and Theoretical Framework for the First-YearSseminar. In National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, The 2000 national survey of first-year seminar programs: Continuing innovations in the collegiate curriculum (Monograph No. 35) (pp. 5-10).
-- Weissberg, B. (1993). The Graduate Seminar: Another Research-Process Genre, English for Specific Purposes, 12(1), 23-35.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Learning by the way of research-Examination, small 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ofis Tel: 0 232 420 4882-12381
E-mail: esra.bukova@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 30 60
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 187

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1232
LO.22323
LO.32323
LO.42323
LO.5232333

CONTACT INFORMATION
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