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Elementary Mathematics Education Program

EMT210

TEACHING MATHEMATICS I

Course Code
EMT210
Semester
Fourth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
2 + 2
ECTS
6
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterFourth Term (Spring)
ECTS6
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Review the learning outcomes within the context of the content framework in the Numbers and Quantities I and II themes of the 5-8th grade middle school mathematics curriculum.
  2. Examine pedagogical approaches to teaching topics in the Numbers and Quantities themes.
  3. Investigate student knowledge in all topics and subtopics in the Numbers and Quantities themes.
  4. Discuss misconceptions and their causes in all topics and subtopics in the Numbers and Quantities themes.
  5. Create activities for teaching concepts in all subjects and sub-subjects related to Numbers and Quantities themes.
  6. Develop effective materials for teaching concepts in all subjects and sub-subjects related to the Numbers and Quantities themes.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionStudents taking this course are expected to have knowledge about all subjects and concepts related to number sets. In this course, natural numbers, operations on natural numbers, factors and multiples, divisibility rules, integers, fractions, decimal notations, percentages; ratio, proportion concepts and applications; rational and irrational numbers; real numbers, exponential and radical multiplicities, sets are included. Teaching these subjects (organizing the course content, using appropriate teaching materials and strategies, etc.), student knowledge about these subjects (understanding and interpreting student ideas about concepts, knowing students' misconceptions and reasons); the topics of its place in the mathematics curriculum are included.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Examination of the New Middle School Grades 5?8 Curriculum I
2nd Week Examination of the New Middle School Grades 5?8 Curriculum II
3rd Week Examination of the New Middle School Grades 5?8 Curriculum III and the Development of Number Concept and Number Sense
4th Week The Concept of Natural Numbers, the Teaching of Natural Numbers, and Four-Operation Skills in Natural Numbers_ Computational Strategies
5th Week Strategies for Addition and Subtraction Operations
6th Week Strategies for Multiplication and Division
7th Week Strategies for Multiplication and Division
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Development of the Fraction Concept
10th Week Development of Operations with Fractions
11th Week Decimals, Percentages, and Concepts Related to Calculations with Decimals
12th Week Ratio?Proportion and Proportional Reasoning
13th Week The Concept of Rational Numbers and Its Teaching
14th Week The Concept of Rational Numbers and Its Teaching
15th Week The Concept of Integers and Their Teaching, and Concepts of Real Numbers
Recommended or Required ReadingVan De Walle, J., Karp, K.S ve Bay- Williams, J.M. (2012). İlkokul ve ortaokul matematiği gelişimsel yaklaşımla öğretim. (Çeviri Editörü Soner Durmuş), 7. basımdan çeviri, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık: Ankara. (Zorunlu kaynak) Kuramdan Uygulamaya Etkinlik Örnekleriyle Sayıların Öğretimi. Editörler: Erhan Ertekin, Melihan Ünlü. PEGEMNET Yayınları, 2019. (Zorunlu kaynak)
Matematik Öğretiminin Temelleri Ortaokul. Editörler: Güney Hacıömeroğlu, Kamuran Tarım. Anı Yayıncılık: Ankara, 2019. (2.Bölüm)
MEB, (2018). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Talim ve Terbiye Kurulu Başkanlığı Matematik Dersi Öğretim Programı (1- 8. sınıflar), MEB Yayınları: Ankara.
Baykul, Y. (2014). Ortaokulda matematik öğretimi. Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
MEB, (2024). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Talim ve Terbiye Kurulu Başkanlığı Matematik Dersi Öğretim Programı (5- 8. sınıflar), MEB Yayınları: Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Lecture
  • Problem Solving
  • Project
  • Presentation
  • Practice
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Presentation of Book 1 15
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0
Individual or group work 13 4 52
Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20
Course hours 13 4 52
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 0 0 0
Book Presentation 1 32 32
Total Work Load180
Total Work Load / 30 (h)6
ECTS Credit of the Course6
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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