COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELC. 1 (MATH OLYMPIADS: ALGEBRA AND NUMBERS)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMÖ 2011 FIELD ELC. 1 (MATH OLYMPIADS: ALGEBRA AND NUMBERS) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BERNA CANTÜRK GÜNHAN

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Training of teachers (therefore, teacher candidates) who will train students who will compete in secondary school mathematics olympiads on this subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To have the general culture of secondary school olympic mathematics.
2   2. To know the Olympic concepts in the field of number theory.
3   3. To know the Olympic concepts in finite mathematics.
4   4. To know the Olympic concepts in the field of analysis.
5   5. To know the Olympic concepts in the field of geometry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Systems of Equations
2 Repunits
3 Sophie German Identity
4 Inequalities
5 Reduced sequences
6 Trigonometric Variable Substitution
7 Telescopic Sums and Products in Algebra
8 Midterm
9 Divisibility and Prime Numbers
10 Infinite Sums and Differences in Trigonometry
11 pigeon nest principle
12 Exponential Diophantine Equations
13 residual
14 Viete Theorems
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Olimpik Matematik - TÜBITAK Ulusal Ortaokul Matematik Olimpiyatı Konu Konu Soru ve Çözümleri, Mustafa Özdemir
Altın Nokta Yayınları Lise Matematik Olimpiyatlarına Hazırlık, Refail Alizade,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

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

Assessment of students is measured by midterm exams, assignments and final exams in line with the learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serkan.narli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

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 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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