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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | AE-MTS3 | Mathematics Teaching | Elective | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | To teach prospective teachers about the aims of mathematics teaching, basic strategies and methods that they can use in mathematics teaching, to introduce the primary mathematics program, to gain knowledge and skill about important skills in mathematics education and to develop the ability to develop appropriate activities. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | explain the aim and principles of mathematics teaching | | 2 | have knowledge and ability for teaching mathematics | | 3 | benefit from the information technologies while teaching mathematics | | 4 | have knowledge about the content of mathematics curriculum | | 5 | have knowledge about the content of mathematics subjects |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Normal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | The aim and basic principles of mathematics teaching; the history of mathematics teaching (in the world and in Turkey); teaching and learning strategies to be used in mathematics teaching; the scope, purpose and characteristics of the primary school program; major theories of learning and its relations with mathematics; important skills in mathematics education, associations, representations, communication, reasoning, problem solving (strategies, stages, types of problems, etc.); use of information technologies, the development of the concept of numbers in children (pre-counting developments, one-to-one matching, cardinal value, merge, separation, comparison, equivalence, minority, plurality, etc.); step value, formation of natural numbers and their structural features; arithmetic operations, related subjects in the elementary school mathematics curriculum, achievements and examples of appropriate activities. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Objectives and basic principles of mathematics teaching | | | | 2 | History of mathematics teaching (in the world and in Turkey) | | | | 3 | Teaching and learning strategies to be used in mathematics teaching | | | | 4 | Problem solving, Polya's problem solving steps, dynamic-static problem separation | | | | 5 | Scope, purpose and features of primary school mathematics program | | | | 6 | The main learning theories and their relation to mathematics learning | | | | 7 | Development of number concept in children, formation of natural numbers and structural features, examples of activities in accordance with the gains in the program | | | | 8 | Midterm | | | | 9 | Examples of activities for collecting and subtracting with natural numbers, collecting and subtracting natural numbers suitable for program gains | | | | 10 | Examples of multiplication and division by natural numbers, multiplication by natural numbers suitable for program gains | | | | 11 | Definitions with fractions and fractions, diffused meanings of student difficulties fractions in fractions learning, fraction models, sample fraction activities suitable for program gains, teaching practices of teacher candidates | | | | 12 | Comparison of the fractions and fractions, sample activities suitable for program gains, teaching practices of teacher candidates | | | | 13 | Operations of decimals and fractions, sample activities suitable for program gains, teaching practices of teacher candidates | | | | 14 | Important skills in mathematics education, associations, representations, communication, reasoning, problem solving (strategies, stages, problem types, etc.) | | | | 15 | The important skills in mathematics education, associations, representations, communication, reasoning, problem solving (strategies, stages, problem types, etc.) | | | | 16 | Final exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | 1. İlköğretimde Matematik Öğretimi (1-5). Yaşar Baykul. Pegem Akademi. 2. Matematik Öğretimi. Murat Altun. Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. 3. Matematiksel Düşünme. Cemal Yıldırım. Remzi Kitabevi. 4. Kavram Geliştirme: Gülten Ülgen. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım. 5. İlköğretimde karşılaşılan Matematiksel zorluklar ve çözüm önerileri. Editörler: Erhan Bingölbalı ve Mehmet Fatih Özmantar. Pegem Akademi. 6. İnternet kaynakları 7. MEB, Eğitim teknolojileri websitesi 8. Talim Terbiye websitesi (Hedef ve kazanımlar için) 9. Sanal öğrenme nesneleri: http://nlvm.usu.edu/, http://www.erolkarakirik.com/samap/, 10. NCTM kaynakları: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ 11. iXL uygulamaları: http://www.ixl.com/ | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | 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 | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Final Examination | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Attending Lectures | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Self Study | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 15 | 1 | 15 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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