COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH METHODS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OMT 2017 RESEARCH METHODS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IŞIKHAN UĞUREL

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

One of the aims of this lesson is to make teacher trainees understand the importance and necessity of scientific research, and help them follow the scientific studies in the field of mathematics teaching. Moreover, providing them with the basic knowledge and skills of resarch is intended.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance and necessity of the scientific researches.
2   Understanding the steps and the general process of a research.
3   Recognizing the basic research types and discriminating one from the other.
4   Understanding scientific editions (article, notice, poster, project etc. ) and the differences among them .
5   Reaching scientific (and other) researches intended for teaching mathematics.
6   Designing a research intended for teaching mathematics, implementing it, writing and presenting its results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 - What is science - What are research and academic research - The importance and necessity of research and scientific research. - The importance and necessity of research and scientific research.
2 - What are scientific productions, outputs - How is it produced How is it published How is it reached - Introducing the general structure of a scientific research.
3 Researching the intended scientific productions at pressed and electronic platform. - Researching in the national data base - Researching in the international data base
4 Looking from the perspective of teaching curriculums of high school mathematics lessons and proficiency in a particular field
5 - The basic approaches at scientific research - Quantitative research paradigm - Qualitative research paradigm and the comparison of two paradigms
6 Types of Research - Experimental researches - Casual comparison researches - Correlation researches
7 An overview of research types - Survey research - Action research - Ethnographic research -Meta-analysis studies
8 Midterm
9 Examination and discussion of scientific notices and posters involved in Mathematics and mathematics education fields
10 Examination and discussion of Scientific notices and posters involved in Mathematics and mathematics education fields
11 Examination of scientific articles involved in Mathematics and mathematics education fields and discussion regarding the general structure of an article (Survey, Review And Translation, Type)
12 Examination of scientific articles involved in Mathematics and mathematics education fields and discussion regarding the general structure of an article (Survey, Review And Translation, Type)
13 Examination of scientific articles involved in Mathematics and mathematics education fields and discussion regarding the general structure of an article (Research Articles )
14 Assessment of final project work
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

--Modern Araştırmacı (2008), Jacques Barzun & Henry F. Graff, Tübitak Yayınları.
--Araştırma ve Proje Çalışmalarına Giriş (2010), Salih Çepni, KTÜ, Fatih Eğitim Fakültesi Yayınları.
--Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri (2008), Şener Büyüköztürk ve ark, Pegama Yayınları.
--Key Ideas in Educational Research (2006), David Scott & Marlene Morrison, Continuum.
--Ortaöğretim Matematik Öğretmeni Özel Alan Yeterlikleri, Cengiz Alacacı ve ark. MEB.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, learning by research-examination, group study, learning by means of presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assignments and presentations are prepared in little groups (2-3 person), and the other evaluations are realized individually.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Tel: 0 232 420 4882-12407
E-mail: isikhan.ugurel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 1 13
Midterm Preparation 1 6 6
Final Preparation 1 6 6
Paper Preparation 10 1 10
Research Presentation 3 1 3
Others (Please indicate) 13 1 13
Final Exam 1 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.13
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
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LO.6555

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