COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5001 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET ŞAHIN

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To design and apply science experiments in an appropiate level to Science and Technology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1Significance of experimentation in science teaching
2   2Relationship of experimental technique and curriculum
3   3Experiment worksheet development
4   4Setting goals and acquisition for experiment
5   5Discussion for result and decision

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course materials
2 Significance of experimentation in science teaching
3 Relationship of experimental technique and curriculum
4 Experiment worksheet development
5 Setting goals and acquisition for experiment
6 Settings experimental tools
7 Making experimental tools by using recycled materials
8 Experimental and data collection process
9 Midterm exam
10 Discussion and conclusion process
11 Computer based experimental design
12 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
13 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
14 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Searching literature and presentations, Group works, Question and answer.

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13552
LO.23552
LO.33552
LO.43552
LO.53552