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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / SE-516 - PRIMARY EDUCATION (MASTER)

Code: SE-516 Course Title: MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 8
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PRIMARY EDUCATION (MASTER)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MEHMET HAYRİ SARI (mhsari@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
It is a known fact that students in all educational levels, from primary school to university, have some difficulties in understanding mathematical concepts. Especially the misconceptions and difficulties of learning mathematics of students in the age of elementary school (grades 1-4) affect their future mathematics learning. For this reason, it is important to identify students with mathematical misconceptions in primary school and to provide appropriate intervention education program for them. For this purpose, mathematical difficulties and solution suggestions course in elementary school has been added to the program as an elective course for students studying in the classroom education department.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-2 Performs an active role in individual and team work, fulfills its responsibilities, produces solutions to the problems it encounters and leads the way.
PO-4 Acts the stages of collecting, interpreting and announcing the data related to the field within the framework of social, scientific and ethical values.
PO-5 To be able to provide individual and professional development by acquiring awareness of lifelong learning.
PO-8 Critically evaluate the information related to the field.
PO-10 Conduct studies based on scientific and ethical values
PO-11 To be able to use the appropriate educational tools and materials proposed by the program effectively in order to enrich the learning and teaching processes.
PO-14 Gains the ability to follow closely the domestic and international studies conducted in the field of classroom teaching and conduct comparative studies
PO-15 Uses, develops and deepens the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise acquired in the field
PO-16 Shares this information by considering social, scientific and ethical values ??in the stages of collecting, interpreting and announcing the data related to the field
Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
Practice Exam
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 mid-term exam
2 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Bingölbali, E., & Özmantar, M.F. (Ed.) (2010). İlkokulda matematiksel zorluklar ve çözüm önerileri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
2 Özmantar, M.F., Bingölbali, E., & Akkoç, H. (Ed.) (2013). Matematiksel kavram yanılgıları ve çözüm önerileri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 2 14 28
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 7 28
mid-term exam 3 14 42
Own study for final exam 0
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 226