COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT RESEARCH IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IME 5003 CURRENT RESEARCH IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜHA YILMAZ

Offered to

Primary Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Have information about current research in elementary mathematics education

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are able to research the elementary mathematics curriculum
2   Students are able to evaluate papers in the elementary mathematics curriculum
3   Students are able to make progress their research skills the elementary mathematics teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Aim and principles of mathematics teaching
2 Primary school mathematics teaching
3 Problem based learning
4 Numbers and numbers teaching
5 Elementary school mathematics teaching
6 Evaluating the papers
7 Mathematics and art
8 Midterm exam
9 Using cooperative learning in elementary mathematics teaching
10 Comparing differences between the curriculum of primary school teaching and the curriculum of elementary mathematics teaching
11 Probability and statistical teaching in elementary school
12 Computer based teaching in elementary school
13 NCTM Principles based teaching
14 Problems in elementary mathematics teaching
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ilköğretim Matematik Öğretimi Prof. Dr. Yaşar Baykul
Ilköğretim Okulu Matematik Dersi Öğretim Programı (MEB)
Polya (How to solve it )
Children and number difficulties in learning mathematics Hughes, M.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and presentations.

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)

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 14 3 42
Pre Class Self Study 14 4 56
Midterm Preparation 1 20 20
Final Preparation 1 25 25
Research Presentation 8 6 48
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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