COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MISCONCEPTIONS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMK 5010 MISCONCEPTIONS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞENOL ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to inform students about the techniques used in identifying students misconceptions and teaching methods used in overcoming these misconceptions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain how to use techniques in determining students misconceptions
2   Explain which teaching methods could be used to overcome students misconceptions
3   Evaluate teaching methods could be used to overcome students misconceptions
4   Apply teaching methods could be used to overcome students misconceptions
5   Evaluate teaching methods could be used to overcome students misconceptions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Misconceptions
2 Misconceptions in chemistry education.
3 Techniques used in determining students misconceptions: concept test, samples from national and international scientific studies.
4 Techniques used in determining students misconceptions: interviews , samples from national and international scientific studies.
5 Techniques used in determining students misconceptions: word association test,, samples from national and international scientific studies.
6 Techniques used in determining students misconceptions: concept maps, drawings, samples from national and international scientific studies.
7 Techniques used in determining students misconceptions: concept maps, drawings, samples from national and international scientific studies.
8 Midterm examination
9 Teaching methods used in overcoming misconceptions: modeling and kind of models, samples from national and international scientific studies.
10 Teaching methods used in overcoming misconceptions: modeling and kind of models, analogies,samples from national and international scientific studies.
11 Teaching methods used in overcoming misconceptions: conceptual change text, samples from national and international scientific studies.
12 Teaching methods used in overcoming misconceptions: conceptual change text, samples from national and international scientific studies.
13 Teaching methods used in overcoming misconceptions: concept cartoons, V-diagrams, samples from national and international scientific studies.
14 Teaching methods used in overcoming misconceptions: concept cartoons, V-diagrams, samples from national and international scientific studies.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Wandersee, J.H., Mintzes, J.J., and Novak, J.D. (1994) Research on Alternative Conceptions in Science. In Gabel, D.L. Handbook of Research on Science Teaching and Learning. New York: MacMillan Pub. Com.
Hans-Dieter Barke ,Al Hazari, Sileshi Yitbarek (2009).Misconceptions in Chemistry: Addressing Perceptions in Chemical Education .Berlin: Springer.
J.K. Gilbert,Onno de Jong, Rosária Justi, David F. Treagust and Jan H. van Driel. (2002).Chemical Education: Towards Research-based Practice (Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education), Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, Cooperative learning

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

suat.turkoguz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday between 11-12 hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
Preparing presentations 3 15 45
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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