GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION/4310117
Course Title: LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
Credits 3 ECTS 7
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knows students with learning difficulties Knows students' misconceptions
Students common misconceptions in science knows
Students in science knows the ways of eliminating the concept of misconception
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Learning difficulties, scientific errors and misconceptions
2. Week  The general characteristics of misconceptions
3. Week  Formation of misconceptions on the role of textbooks
4. Week  In textbooks, scientific errors and misconceptions
5. Week  Common misconceptions in science
6. Week  Common misconceptions in science
7. Week  Common misconceptions in science
8. Week  Exam
9. Week  To identify ways of misconceptions
10. Week  To identify ways of misconceptions
11. Week  To identify ways of misconceptions
12. Week  Removal of misconceptions
13. Week  Removal of misconceptions
14. Week  Exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
5
5
25
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
5
50
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
5
5
25
 Presentation
5
5
25
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
2
2
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
2
2
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
171
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.84
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc.Prof.Dr. Alev Doğan)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/alevd)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (alevd@gazi.edu.tr)