GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MEASUREMENT TOOLS AND METHODS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION/4410111
Course Title: MEASUREMENT TOOLS AND METHODS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish/English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students who complete this course knows the importance of measurement and evaluation in education,
knows the basic concepts of measurement and evaluation,
knows the desirable properties of measurement tools (reliability, validity, usefulness),
knows traditional and alternative assessment / evaluation tools
knows the basic processes of instrument development and adaptation

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  The importance of measurement and evaluation in education
2. Week  The basic concepts of measurement and evaluation
3. Week  The basic concepts of measurement and evaluation
4. Week  The desirable properties of measurement tools (validity)
5. Week  The desirable properties of measurement tools (reliability, usefulness)
6. Week  The processes of the development of measurement tools: planning and walkthroughs
7. Week  Midterm
8. Week  The processes of the development of measurement tools: writing the items and preparation of draft version
9. Week  The processes of the development of measurement tools: administering template version and item analysis
10. Week  The processes of the development of measurement tools: item analysis
11. Week  The processes of the development of measurement tools: factor analysis
12. Week  The processes of the development of measurement tools: factor analysis
13. Week  The processes of the adaptation of measurement tools: planning and walkthroughs
14. Week  The processes of the adaptation of measurement tools: planning and walkthroughs
15. Week  Project presentations
16. Week  Final
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
6
70
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
70
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
30
 -- 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
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Material Design and Implementation
14
1
14
 Report Preparing
14
4
56
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
14
1
14
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
1
14
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
1
14
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
182
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.28
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc.Prof.Dr. Melike ÖZER KESKİN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mozerkeskin)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (mozerkeskin@gmail.com)