Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Aslı EŞME
Assistant Prof. Dr. Özlem TEZCAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Students will be able to design and develop physics, chemistry and biology experiments in science teaching.
2) Students will be able to design and develop physics, chemistry and biology experiments in science teaching.
3) Students will be able to design and develop physics, chemistry and biology experiments in science teaching.
4) Students will be able to design and develop physics, chemistry and biology experiments in science teaching.
5) Students will be able to design and develop physics, chemistry and biology experiments in science teaching.
6) Students can design experiments from waste and cheap materials

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Learning Outcomes
	1	High	High	Middle	Middle	High	High	High	Middle	No relation
	2	High	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	High	High	Middle	No relation
	3	High	High	Middle	Middle	High	High	Middle	Middle	No relation
	4	High	Middle	High	High	Middle	High	High	Middle	No relation
	5	High	Middle	Middle	High	High	Middle	Middle	High	No relation
	6	Middle	High	High	Middle	Middle	High	High	High	No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

The aims and importance of the lab in science education, the importance of scientific process skills in experiments, skills to Make Communication-Measurment-Estimation- Inference, Data Interpretation, Experimentation, Hypothesis Identification, Preparation of Report Worksheets, Experiment Types, Open-ended Experiments, Close-ended Experiments, experimenting with waste and inexpensive materials, the approaches to be used in the evaluation of student performances (knowledge, skill, attitude-value) in experiments.

Weekly Schedule

1) Course Introduction and Syllabus
2) The Importance of Science and Science Course
3) Science Education in Primary School and Its Importance
4) The importance and purpose of the laboratory in science education: The history of laboratory teaching, the place of laboratory studies in the science education program.
5) Scientific method and scientific process skills: types of experiments, designing and developing experiments, scientific process skills and how they are acquired.
6) Examination of existing biology experiments within the scope of the Classroom Education program
7) Examination of existing chemistry experiments within the scope of the Classroom Education program
8) Mid-term exam
9) Examining existing physics experiments within the scope of the Classroom Education program
10) İnvestigating international articles on science experiments
11) New experiment design study in biology
12) New experiment design study in chemistry
13) New experiment design study in physics
14) New experiment design study in physics
15) Examination of designed experiments
16) Final exam

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	50%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	50%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)