| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | AE-MTS2 | Culture and Mathematics | Elective | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| Recognizing the relationship between mathematics and culture and using this awareness in mathematics teaching |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Doç. Drı. Dilşad Güven Akdeniz |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | 1. knows the applications of mathematics in daily life (physics, chemistry, biology, economics, health) 2 can comprehend the importance of using real life problems in mathematics teaching 3 can solve real life problems with numbers 4 can solve real life problems with numbers 5 real life problems related to functions can solve 6 solve real-life problems related to probability and statistics 7 can mathematically model real-life situations |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| No |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| No |
| Course Contents |
| Relationship between mathematics and culture; define mathematical concepts in their cultural context,
mathematical thought structures of different cultures, researches in the field of ethnomathematics
basic principles, the relationship between mathematics-anthropology-linguistics; the importance of incorporating ethnomathematics into classroom practice; classroom mathematics for different cultural contexts
designing events |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Introduction to the organization of the course, the relationship between mathematics and culture from the past to the present. | | | | 2 | Is mathematics universal? Is it cultural? | | | | 3 | What is ethnomathematics? | | | | 4 | Is ethnomathematics for everyone? Is it for immigrant students? | | | | 5 | Is it suitable for the ethnomathematics curriculum? | | | | 6 |
Examples of daily life related to absolute value and logarithm | | | | 7 |
Polynomial functions and applications in daily life. | | | | 8 |
midterm | | | | 9 |
Linear functions and linear modeling, applications in daily life | | | | 10 |
Exponential functions and exponential functions, applications between daily life, linear and exponential modeling. | | | | 11 |
Mathematics in educational games | | | | 12 |
Mathematics in educational games | | | | 13 |
Student presentations | | | | 14 |
Student presentations | | | | 15 |
Final exam | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Examination | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Problem Solving | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Self Study | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Individual Study for Homework Problems | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 6 | 6 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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