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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FMF 5006 CONCEPTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN PHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERAP KAYA ŞENGÖREN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to make prospective physics teachers explain the meaning of concept term and its properties,the methods of determining the students misconceptions and the methods of conceptual changes and to provide students applying these methods in the instruction of physics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to comprehend importance of the concept in teaching 2   will be able to explain why misconceptions occurs in students minds 3   will be able to know common misconceptions in Physics 4   will be able to determine students misconceptions in physics subjects. 5   will be able to develop conceptual change materials in physics subjects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Concepts and their properties 2 Importance of concepts in teaching 3 Conceptual development 4 Misconceptions 5 The reasons of misconceptions 6 Common misconceptions in Physics 7 Common misconceptions in Physics 8 Midterm exam 9 The methods of determining the misconcepitons 10 The methods of determining the misconcepitons 11 Teaching concept 12 Conceptual change materials 13 Conceptual change materials 14 Presentation week 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Driver, R. and others (1992) Children's Ideas in Science. Philadelphia: Open University Press. 2. Thomas R.T. and Gunstone, R. F., Probing understanding, The falmer pres. 3. Ülgen, G., (2004) Kavram Geliştirme, Nobel yayın. 4. Related literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: lecturing, discussion,group working and practical homework.

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)

serap.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Theoretical 12 3 36 Pre Class Self Study 12 2 24 Midterm Preparation 1 20 20 Final Preparation 1 36 36 Paper Preparation 6 8 48 Research Presentation 2 16 32 Final Exam 1 2 2 Midterm Exam 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 5 LO.2 5 5 3 LO.3 5 5 LO.4 5 3 3 LO.5 5 3