COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTÖ 4009 HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜHA YILMAZ

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Brief introduction to the history of mathematics, methods, materials and curricula used in mathematics history. Comparison with today s curricula and education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to understand the importance and the value of the history of mathematics.
2   Students will be able to learn the development process of mathematics in the first civilizations.
3   Students will be able to learn mathematics and the methods used in the ancient Anatolian civilizations.
4   Students will be able to learn the turkish-Islamic scientists and mathematicians of Middle Age.
5   Students will be able to research the methods used in arithmetic, algebra and geometry classes in Ottoman period.
6   Students will be able to compare teaching methods and curriculas in the current and past periods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mathematics in the first civilizations
2 Mathematics before civilizations
3 Mathematics and methods in the ancient Anatolian civilizations
4 Turkish - Islamic scientists and mathematicians in the Middle Age
5 The founder of algebra in the East: El - Harizmi and the methods he used
6 Arithmetic and algebra education in the Ottoman madrasas
7 The followers of the Ottoman madrasas and the branches of geometry
8 Midterm exam
9 Ottoman curricula in the last period
10 Arithmetic and algebra books taught in the Ottoman madrasas
11 The Ottoman Madrasas' Curriculas according to the autobiographies Ottoman scholars and icazetnames
12 Mathematical sciences in the Ottoman madrasas
13 Ottoman madrasas' curricula according to the Nazmu'l - Ulum of Ishak B. Hasan Et - Tokadi
14 Comparison the mathematicians and curriculas examined and those in today
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bilimin Uyanışı, B.L.Van Der Waerden ( Çeviren: Prof.Dr.Orhan Şerafettin Içen )
Matematik Ve Tarihi , Prof. Yavuz Aksoy
Osmanlı Matematik Literatürü Tarihi, Prof.Dr.Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu ,Prof.Dr.Ramazan Şeşen,Dr.Cevat Izgi
Osmanlı Medreselerinde Ilim ,Cevat Izgi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

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)

suha.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 12 2 24
Midterm Preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 20 20
Paper Preparation 1 5 5
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.53
LO.63

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