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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IME 5011 PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CENK KEŞAN

Offered to

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Investigate of difficulties in elementary mathematic teaching in terms of psychology

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   identify difficulties in elementary mathematics teaching 2   define psychological approaches of different educators in elementary mathematics teaching 3   identify the solutions of psychological problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Problems in elementary mathematics teaching 2 Problems in elementary mathematics teaching 3 Psychology in elementary mathematics teaching 4 The importance of psychology in elementary mathematics teaching 5 Psychological affects in elementary mathematics teaching 6 Psychological affects in elementary mathematics teaching 7 The views of different educators about psychology in elementary mathematics teaching 8 Course overview, evaluation, Midterm examination 9 Psychological approaches and elementary mathematics teaching 10 Psychological approaches and elementary mathematics teaching 11 Students' presentations 12 Students' presentations 13 Students' presentations 14 General review of this lesson 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

The Psychology of Learning Mathematics Richard Skemp The Psychology of Mathematics Education Paul Ernest

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and presentations.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation of %70 of course is obligatory Seventy percent of the course is obligatory to attend.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cenk.kesan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Tutorials 0 Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for quiz etc. 0 Preparing assignments 0 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 Preparation for final exam 1 25 25 Preparing presentations 8 6 48 Quiz etc. 0 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 3 3 3 5 5 5 LO.2 4 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 LO.3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5