COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND TEACHING MATHEMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LME 2001 APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND TEACHING MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MELIKE YIĞIT KOYUNKAYA

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to teach the nature of mathematics and mathematical thinking, the meaning of learning and teaching of mathematics, the purpose and main principles of teaching of mathematics, the history of teaching of mathematics, the reflections of learning and teaching approaches on mathematics teaching, the main skills in mathematics teaching, examples of in-class applications, recent approaches in mathematics teaching and its' problems, the components of the effective mathematics teaching and looking at mathematics teaching in social, cultural and economic perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   LO1. The meaning of the learning and teaching of mathematics
2   LO2. The history, purpose and principles of mathematics teaching
3   LO3. Approaches and main skills for the learning and teaching of mathematics
4   LO4. Recent approaches in mathematics teaching and its problems
5   LO5. Social, cultural and economic importance of mathematics teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The nature of mathematics and mathematical thinking
2 The meaning of the learning and teaching of mathematics
3 The purpose and main principles of mathematics teaching
4 The history of mathematics teaching
5 The reflection of approaches in learning and teaching on mathematics teaching
6 The reflection of approaches in learning and teaching on mathematics teaching
7 The main skills in mathematics teaching
8 Course overview, evaluation and midterm examination
9 Examples of in-class applications
10 Examples of in-class applications
11 Recent approaches in mathematics teaching and its problems
12 Recent approaches in mathematics teaching and its problems
13 Components of the effective mathematics teaching
14 An examination of mathematics teaching from social, cultural and economic perspective
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bingölbali, E., Arslan, S., & Zembat, I. Ö. (2016). Matematik eğitiminde teoriler. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
2. Baki, A. (2018). Matematiği Öğretme Bilgisi. Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.
3. Elçi, A., Bukova Güzel, E., Ev Çimen, E, Cantürk Günhan, B. (2016). Temel Matematiksel Kavramlar ve Uygulamaları. Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.
4. Ünlü, M. (2021). Uygulama örnekleriyle matematik eğitiminde yeni yaklaşımlar. Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question-answer, Group work, Active learning techniques, Working on a proposal for a research and presentation of it

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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)

melike.koyunkaya@deu.edu.tr
Buca Faculty of Education, Cahit Arf Building, Room Number: 325
0 232 3012387

Office Hours

Friday
10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.15555555532235555
LO.25555555532235555
LO.35555555532235555
LO.45555555532235555
LO.55555555532235555

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