GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

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
1Develop the physics concepts and relationships between them.X
2Investigate the details of information related to physics laws and theories.X
3Improves his/her information related to physics education.X
4Offer some solutions to problems related to physics education using quantitative and qualitative research methods.X
5Effectively use literature related to the subjects that are studied.X
6Evaluate the problem related to physics education and its results.X
7Develop new strategic approaches and solutions to the research that are investigated when unforeseen difficulties appears.X
8Actively participate in working groups and projects related to physics education.X
9Critically evaluate the information related to physics and physics education.X
10Expose the developments and his/her studies related to physical education in written, oral and visual format.X
11Share his/her physics education studies verbally and in writing at the national and international level.X
12Develop the strategy, policy and implementation plans for issues related the physics education.X
13Evaluate current developments in physics and physics education in accordance with the national values and realities of the country.X