ECE240 STATISTICS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS
| Course Code: | 4110240 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | Early Childhood Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. FEYZA ERDEN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- The students will be able to comprehend and describe basic concepts in statistics (sample, population, parameters, and statistics).
- The students will be able to understand variable and scale types used in statistics.
- The students will be able to create frequency distribution tables and appropriate graphs for given data.
- The students will be able to compute measures of central tendency and dispersion.
- The students will develop skills in understanding, applying and interpreting descriptive statistical techniques.
- The students will be able to develop skills in understanding, applying and interpreting inferential statistical techniques.
- The students will be able to understand standardized distributions (z-scores) and compute and interpret a z score for a given raw score.
- The students will be able to develop an ability to use computers for statistical analysis of data (SPSS) and interpret SPSS output for given data.
Course Content
Different topics such as data collection, sampling, sampling distribution and estimation, permutation and combination, probability, continuous random variables and distribution, estimated value, data analysis, hypothesis testing, Chi-square test, regression and correlation.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Öğrenciler, istatistikteki temel kavramları (örneklem, popülasyon, parametreler ve istatistik) kavrayabilecek ve tanımlayabilecektir.
- İstatistikte kullanılan değişken ve ölçek türlerini anlayabilecektir.
- Verilen verilere uygun frekans dağılım tabloları ve uygun grafikleri oluşturabilecektir.
- Merkezi eğilim ve dağılım ölçülerini hesaplayabilecektir.
- Öğrenciler, tanımlayıcı istatistiksel teknikleri anlama, uygulama ve yorumlama becerilerini geliştireceklerdir.
- Öğrenciler çıkarımsal istatistiksel teknikleri anlama, uygulama ve yorumlama becerilerini geliştirebileceklerdir.
- Öğrenciler, standartlaştırılmış dağılımları (z-skorları) anlayabilecek ve belirli bir ham puan için az puanını hesaplayabilecek ve yorumlayabilecektir.
- Öğrenciler, verilerin istatistiksel analizi (SPSS) için bilgisayar kullanma ve verilen veriler için SPSS çıktılarını yorumlama becerisi geliştirebileceklerdir.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To have the knowledge about 0-72 month old children's cognitive, motor, language, social and emotional development and self help skills and to be able to make applications to support this area. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To be able to take measures for the protection of children's health. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To know the importance of game in pre-school education and to support the education and development of the child through play. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To recognize the pre-school education institutions in the scope of the purpose, structure and functioning of the Turkish education system. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To have information about classroom management approaches to be used in educational environments and to effectively implement these approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have information about international programs that are applied in the field of pre-school education and to use these programs' aspects that are appropriate to our culture in classroom practice. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be able to conduct research in the field of pre-school education and analyze and interpret research findings. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To be able to prepare, implement and evaluate Turkish, science, math, art, music, movement, games, reading and writing preparation and field trip activities that support different areas of development (cognitive, motor, language, self-care, social and emotional) of pre-school children and can be planned as individual, small group, large group and integrated groups. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be able to use and to allow students to use audio-visual teaching materials appropriate for pre-school age children for their development. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To be able to take responsibility and to fulfill these responsibilities in individual and group work. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | To understand the importance of family involvement in children's education and to plan activities related to family involvement. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | To have knowledge about literary genres prepared for pre-school children and to examine existing publications in terms of literary and artistic perspectives. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | To have knowledge about the importance and purpose of the use of formal and informal assessment methods appropriate for the age level and developmental level of pre-school children, and to apply and interpret different evaluation methods and to be able to interpret findings. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | To be able to follow/access, understand and question scientific publications for pre-school education. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution