Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | SCIENCE EDUCATION (MASTER) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | DAVUT SARITAŞ (davutsaritas@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The purpose of this course is to teach scientific reasoning and its characteristics and its relationship with science achievement to pre-service science teachers. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Students will be able to define scientific reasoning’ characteristics. |
PO-1 An MA student has theoretical and practical knowledge depending on his bachelor’s degree proficiencies on an expertise level on Turkish Education; improves and deepens this knowledge. PO-4 An MA student produces new results by combining his/her fields knowledge with the knowledge he gained from the other fields. PO-6 An MA student constructs a problem in his/her field, develops solutions, solves, evaluates the results and applies them when necessary. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-2 | Students will be able to explain the relationship between scientific reasoning’ characteristics and science achievement |
PO-6 An MA student constructs a problem in his/her field, develops solutions, solves, evaluates the results and applies them when necessary. PO-7 An MA student develops new strategic approaches and produces solutions by taking responsibility in complex situations that he/she does not anticipate to encounter in his field for applications. PO-9 An MA student evaluates the information related to his/her field critically and directs learning. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-3 | Students will be able to explain scientific reasoning with predict-observe-explain (POE) method |
PO-2 An MA student discusses the interdisciplenary interaction with his/her fields. PO-9 An MA student evaluates the information related to his/her field critically and directs learning. PO-17 An MA student gathers data related to his/her field, evaluates and applies them and controls them by taking into consideration the social, scientific, ethical values and he teaches these values. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-4 | Students will be able to develop activities accelarating cognitive enhancement through science education |
PO-1 An MA student has theoretical and practical knowledge depending on his bachelor’s degree proficiencies on an expertise level on Turkish Education; improves and deepens this knowledge. PO-9 An MA student evaluates the information related to his/her field critically and directs learning. PO-11 An MA student transfers the developments and his/her own works in his/her field to the groups in and out of the field systematically by written, oral and visual means. |
Examination Performance Project |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Characteristics of scientific reasoning and its relationship with science achievement, scientific reasoning and concept teaching, characteristics of formal operational stage, determing variables and controlling (dependent and inedependent variables, controlled variable etc.), Relational thinking, Combinational thinking, Probabilistic thinking, Proportional thinking, Hypothetical thinking, Scientific reasoning with Predict-observe-explain method, Activities accelarating cognitive enhancement through science education. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | The rational processes of science | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 2 | judgment and language relationship | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 3 | scientific explanation and description | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 4 | development of reasoning skills in science students | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 5 | reasoning skills and learning relationship in science education | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 6 | scientific reasoning (reasoning and thinking) types (relational thinking; probabilistic thinking; proportional thinking; hypothetical thinking, etc.) | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 7 | the concept of scientific argument | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | scientific argument models | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 10 | scientific argument models | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 11 | argument generation activities | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 12 | argument analysis activities | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 13 | argumentation method and application activities in science education | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 14 | argumentation method and application activities in science education | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 15 | argumentation method and application activities in science education | Discussion Method Question answer Team work |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Öğretim Üyesi ders notları | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| internet, smart board | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | 14 | 2 | 20 |
| 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| mid-term exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| final exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 180 | ||