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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MISCONCEPTIONS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION/1420020

Course Title:	MISCONCEPTIONS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Dr. Bilal GÜNEŞ

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/bgunes

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

bgunes@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Students know misconceptions, especially in physics.
Students diagnose misconceptions,
Studentsuse alternative learning methods to eliminate misconcoptions.
Use effective teaching strategies for overcoming misconceptions.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	What is misconception?
2. Week	What are common properties of misconceptions?
3. Week	How do misconceptions occur?
4. Week	How to diagnose misconceptions?
5. Week	Which kind of tests can diagnose misconceptions?
6. Week	How to evaluate the misconceptions tests?
7. Week	A project is given for each students about misconception test
8. Week	Misconceptions in the textbooks
9. Week	Alternative teaching strategies to eliminate misconceptions
10. Week	Misconception lists in Physics
11. Week	Misconception lists in Textbooks in Turkey
12. Week	Preparing a sample test to diagnose misconceptions
13. Week	A sample teaching strategy to eliminate misconceptions
14. Week	Assessment and Final Exam
15. Week
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1. Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı İnceleme Kılavuzu-Fizik (Yağbasan,R., Güneş, B., v.d., Gazi Büro Yayınları, 2005)

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading			0
Searching in Internet and Library	7	4	28
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	3	3	9
Preparing Presentation	3	2	6
Presentation	3	1	3
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	7	6	42
Final and Studying for Final	7	6	42
Other	4	4	16
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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2					X
3					X
4					X
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6					X
7					X
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