COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEMIHA KULA ÜNVER

Offered to

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To enable students to know about mathematical representations, their importance and the related researches. To criticize the researches about representations and organize a research related to representations in mathematics education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Lesh, R., Behr, M., & Post, T. (1987). Rational number relations and proportions. Problems of representation in the teaching and learning of mathematics, 41-58.
Krauss, S., Brunner, M., Kunter, M., Baumert, J., Blum, W., Neubrand, M., & Jordan, A. (2008). Pedagogical content knowledge and content knowledge of secondary mathematics teachers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(3), 716.
Turner, F. (2008). Beginning elementary teachers use of representations in mathematics teaching. Research in Mathematics Education, 10(2), 209-210.
Brenner, M. E., Mayer, R. E., Moseley, B., Brar, T., Duran, R., Reed, B. S., & Webb, D. (1997). Learning by understanding: The role of multiple representations in learning algebra. American Educational Research Journal. 34, 663-689.
Cobb, P., Yackel, E., & Wood, T. (1992). A constructivist alternative to the representationsl view of mind in mathematics education. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 23, 2-33.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question-answer, problem solving, active learning techniques, group work

Assessment Methods

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)

semiha.kula@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes