COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN AND USE OF MODEL IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMK 6035 DESIGN AND USE OF MODEL IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CENK KEŞAN

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to develop making comments, reasoning and thinking skills about the abstract process and concepts of chemistry by using modelss

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Evaluate the stages and their results to be followed to reveal within the scope of the scientific process skills to produce new products (laws, theories, principles, equality, formula, etc.),
2   Learn the role and the scope of model to produce scientific products,
3   Understand using models the properties of matter, physical and chemical processes, atomic, molecular and structures of discrete particles.
4   Understand the use and functions of the models in science classes
5   Evaluate the use and functions of the models in science classes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explaining And Giving Theoretical Information About Model And Modeling Concepts
2 Historical Development of The Using of Model in Chemistry
3 Literature Study About Using Model As An Educational Material In Science And Chemistry
4 Models As Multiple Representations And Copy, The Applications of Stick And Ball Models In Chemistry
5 Student Presentations Related To Using of Scientific Models
6 Continuity And Change In The Structure of The Models
7 Continuity And Change In The Structure of The Models
8 Midterm examination
9 Examples of The Model (Diagram, Cartoon, Photo, Map, Graphics, Photography, Computer Animation)
10 Carrying Out With Examples How Can It Used A Model To Formulate Idea And Theory And To Make Scientific Research
11 Student Presentations On Chemical Concepts Prepared By Using Models
12 Analogical Models In Chemistry Teaching ( Scaling Models)
13 Educational (Pedagogical) Analogical Models (Painting, Cartoon, Chemical Bonding, Stereochemical Structures, Crystal Structures)
14 Theoretical And Mathematical Models (Formulas, Atomic Models, DNA Model, Light Wave-Particle Model, Learning Models)
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Understanding Models and Their Use in Science: Conceptions of Middle and High School Students and Experts, L.Grosslight ve arkadaşları, Wiley,1991.
The Role of Models and Modelling in Science Education, J. Gilbert, Atlanta,1993.
Mental Models: Toward a Cognitive Science of Language, P.N. Johnson-Laird, Cambridge,1993

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)

senol.alpat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.00-11.00 am.

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 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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