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Year/Semester of Study | 4 / Fall Semester | ||||
Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
Department | ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION | ||||
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
Name of Lecturer | SOLMAZ DAMLA GEDİK ALTUN (sdgedik@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
Name of Lecturer(s) | SOLMAZ DAMLA GEDİK ALTUN, | ||||
Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
Objectives of the Course | |||||
To inform students about misconceptions about mathematical concepts and to offer solutions for misconceptions. |
Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
LO-1 | Learns the concepts of mathematical error, difficulty and misconception. |
PO-3 Explains the concepts and the relations between concepts related to the field at a level that can meet the needs of the students. |
Examination |
LO-2 | Learns the types of misconceptions. |
PO-3 Explains the concepts and the relations between concepts related to the field at a level that can meet the needs of the students. PO-5 Has the knowledge about students’ developmental and learning characteristics and also learning difficulties. |
Examination |
LO-3 | Learns various mathematical concepts and common misconceptions associated with these concepts in the literature. |
PO-3 Explains the concepts and the relations between concepts related to the field at a level that can meet the needs of the students. PO-7 Uses mathematical language accurately and effectively in their mathematics courses and in planning learning and teaching process. |
Examination |
LO-4 | Learns questioning techniques that reveal the thinking processes of secondary school students. |
PO-2 Has the information about the nature, source, limit, accuracy, validity and reliability of knowledge. PO-3 Explains the concepts and the relations between concepts related to the field at a level that can meet the needs of the students. PO-5 Has the knowledge about students’ developmental and learning characteristics and also learning difficulties. PO-7 Uses mathematical language accurately and effectively in their mathematics courses and in planning learning and teaching process. |
Examination |
LO-5 | Produces solutions for misconceptions according to the characteristics of the subject area and the individual differences of the students. |
PO-3 Explains the concepts and the relations between concepts related to the field at a level that can meet the needs of the students. PO-5 Has the knowledge about students’ developmental and learning characteristics and also learning difficulties. PO-6 Adapts to teaching activities by following developments and innovations in the mathematics curriculum. PO-7 Uses mathematical language accurately and effectively in their mathematics courses and in planning learning and teaching process. |
Examination |
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
Course Contents | ||
Mathematical error, difficulty and misconception; types of misconceptions, mathematical concepts and common misconceptions associated with these concepts in the literature; questioning techniques that reveal the thinking processes of secondary school students; Producing solutions for misconceptions according to the characteristics of the subject area and the individual differences of the students. | ||
Weekly Course Content | ||
Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
1 | Mathematical error, difficulty and misconception concepts and their relations with each other | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
2 | Types of misconception | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
3 | Reasons for misconceptions | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
4 | Questioning techniques that reveal the thinking processes of secondary school students | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
5 | Misconceptions and solutions about the concepts of addition and subtraction | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
6 | Misconceptions about fractions and solutions | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
7 | Difficulties experienced by students in the concept of place value in numbers and solution suggestions | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
8 | mid-term exam | |
9 | Challenges and solutions for integers | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
10 | Challenges and solutions for negative numbers | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
11 | Difficulties encountered in the learning and teaching of the concept of symmetry and solutions | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
12 | Difficulties encountered in teaching the subject of probability and suggestions for solutions | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
13 | Misconceptions and solution suggestions about first-degree equations with one unknown | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
14 | Difficulties and solution suggestions in the conceptual learning of ratio and proportion | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
15 | Difficulties and solution suggestions in the conceptual learning of ratio and proportion | Discussion Method, Narration Method, Question and Answer |
16 | final exam | |
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
1 | lköğretimde Karşılaşılan Matematiksel Zorluklar ve Çözüm Önerileri (Editörler: Erhan Bingölbali, Mehmet Fatih Özmantar) | |
2 | Matematik Öğreniminde Kavram Yanılgıları ve Zorluklar (Doç. Dr. Alattin URAL) | |
Required Course instruments and materials | ||
textbook |
Assessment Methods | |||
Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
Other assessment methods | |||
1.Oral Examination | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2.Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3.Laboratory exam | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4.Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5.Report | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6.Workshop | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7.Performance Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8.Term Paper | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9.Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
final exam | 15 | 1 | 60 |
Student Work Load | |||
Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 2 | 14 | 28 |
Outside Class | |||
a) Reading | 1 | 14 | 14 |
b) Search in internet/Library | 1 | 14 | 14 |
c) Performance Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | 0 | 0 |
e) Term paper/Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oral Examination | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory exam | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Own study for mid-term exam | 1 | 7 | 7 |
mid-term exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Own study for final exam | 1 | 14 | 14 |
final exam | 1 | 15 | 15 |
0 | |||
0 | |||
Total work load; | 100 |