COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATHEMATICAL MODELLING PERSPECTIVES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IME 6046 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING PERSPECTIVES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYŞE TEKIN DEDE

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

This course aims to introduce realistic/applied, educational, contextual, epistemological, and socio-critical perspectives on mathematical modelling, conceptualize mathematical modelling through these perspectives, and examine studies in the literature that adopt these perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn mathematical modelling perspectives.
2   Examine the concept of modelling within the framework of different mathematical modelling perspectives.
3   Review national and international literature that adopt different mathematical modelling perspectives.
4   Design academic studies that adopt different mathematical modelling perspectives.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to mathematical modelling
2 Introduction to mathematical modelling
3 Realistic/Applied modelling perspective
4 Analysis of studies addressing the realistic/applied modelling perspective
5 Educational modelling perspective
6 Analysis of studies addressing the educational modelling perspective
7 Contextual modelling perspective
8 Assignment
9 Analysis of studies addressing the contextual modelling perspective
10 Epistemological modelling perspective
11 Analysis of studies addressing the epistemological modelling perspective
12 Socio-critical modelling perspective
13 Analysis of studies addressing the socio-critical modelling perspective
14 Planning an academic study based on a selected modelling perspective
15 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Bukova Güzel, E., Tekin Dede, A., Hıdıroğlu, Ç. N., Kula Ünver, S., & Özaltun Çelik, A. (2016). Matematik Eğitiminde Matematiksel Modelleme. Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık: Ankara.
Borromeo Ferri, R. (2018). Learning How to Teach Mathematical Modeling in School and Teacher Education. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG.
The International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA) Book Series
National and international research articles and thesis studies focusing on different mathematical modelling perspectives

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Questioning, presentation, discussion, group work.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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)

ayse.tekin@deu.edu.tr
Hasan Ali Yücel Building, 4th Floor, Office No:422
02323012332

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 12 4 48
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11331115355
LO.2331115355
LO.3331115355
LO.43331115355

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