COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCALE DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMM 5028 SCALE DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYTEN ERDURAN

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To be able to develop a scale that can be used in mathematics education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know basic concepts about measurement.
2   To know scale types.
3   To be able to apply basic facts in developing scales.
4   To be able to make analysis in developing scales.
5   To be able to make research about the subject in the literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Measurement and requirements of the measurement, basic concepts related to measurement
2 Scale types
3 Examining the scale types in the literature.
4 Reliability in measurement and affecting factors.
5 Reliability in measurement and affecting factors.
6 Measurement of attitudes, the basic elements that make up the attitude, the formation of attitudes
7 Attitude measurement approaches
8 Midterm exam.
9 Attitude measurement approaches
10 Determining / identifyinf the feature to be measured.
11 The creation of an attitude items for testing and organizing the draft scale, pilot study.
12 Analysis of the data collected from testing/ pilot study and item analysis.
13 The psychometric properties of the scale
14 Reliability and validity analyzes.
15 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Tavşancıl, Ezel. (2006). Tutumların Ölçülmesi ve SPSS ile Veri Analizi, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, Group work, Lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + 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)

ayten.ceylan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 40 80
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 240

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15323
LO.25323
LO.3523
LO.45523
LO.5523