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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FIZ 4123 FIELD ELECTIVE 7 (INSTRUCTING PHYSICS WITH SMARTPHONES) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GAMZE SEZGIN SELÇUK

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students to examine the purpose of using smartphones in physics education and the quantities measured in physics experiments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance of smartphones in physics education 2   Examining studies using sensors in smartphones 3   Gaining experience by practicing physics activities that can be done with smartphones 4   Designing original physics activities that can be done with smartphones 5   Reporting and presenting their original activities with smartphones

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The importance of smartphones in physics education 2 Sensors located on the smartphone that can obtain data with the help of different applications 3 Experiments that can be done with the help of accelerometer 4 Experiments that can be done with the help of magnetometer 5 Experiments that can be done with the help of gyroscope 6 Experiments that can be done with the help of light sensors 7 Experiments that can be done with the help of pressure sensors 8 An Overview, Course Evaluation, Mid-term exam 9 Experiments that can be done with the help of proximity sensors 10 Experiments that can be done with the help of a microphones 11 Experiments that can be done with GPS assistance 12 Experiments that can be done with Bluetooth 13 Group presentation of an original physics activity that can be done with the help of smartphones 14 Group presentation of an original physics activity that can be done with the help of smartphones (continue) 15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Articles in journals such as Physics Education and the Physics Teacher concercing smartphones

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework Preparation, Presentation Preparation, Group Work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE Midterm Exam 2 DTK Other Activity 3 FN Semester final exam 4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60 5 BUT Make- up note 6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

written exams, homework and presentation

Assessment Criteria

Students' group work, presentations, midterm and final grades determine their success

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important. Students are required to attend 70% of classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gamze.sezgin@deu.edu.tr Office tel: 0 232 301 24 38

Office Hours

Between 09:00-17:00 on weekdays, outside of class hours

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 7 2 14 Preparation for final exam 7 2 14 Preparing assignments 1 13 13 Preparing presentations 1 2 2 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

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 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 3 3 3 5 5 3 LO.2 3 3 3 5 5 3 LO.3 3 3 3 5 5 3 LO.4 3 3 3 5 5 3 LO.5 3 3 3 5 5 3