SSME705 ADVANCED STUDY OF PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
| Course Code: | 4200705 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Secondary Science and Mathematics Educ. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. SAFURE BULUT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course student should be able to:
apply theories of problem solving to teaching mathematics/science;
apply measurement/evaluation techniques into problem solving situations in mathematics/science;
understand meta-cognitive behavior during the problem solving;
understand relationship between problem solving performance and affective variable;
understand relationship between problem solving and cognitive style;
evaluate the research studies in problem solving in mathematics/science.
be self-confident in teaching their subject area.
Course Content
Theories of problem solving; strategies or solving; evaluation of problem solving ability; relationship between problem solving ability and affective variables; relationship between problem solving and cognitive style; meta-cognitive behavior during the problem solving; relationship between problem solving and mathematical modeling; extensive experience and practice in solving problems and evaluation of problem solving performances.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
use theories of problem solving to teaching mathematics/science;
use measurement/evaluation techniques into problem solving situations in mathematics/science;
explain meta-cognitive behavior during the problem solving;
explain relationships between problem solving performance and affective variable;
explain relationships between problem solving and cognitive style;
make jugment on the quality of the research studies in problem solving in mathematics/science.