PRED 356 Science and Math Teaching Methods

PRED 461 Computer-Assisted Instruction

Syllabus

Requirements

Weigth Date

Term Project:

Discussion Forum: 20 %

Presentation: 15 %

Midterm: 20 % November 16th

In-Class Participation: 10%

Attendance: 5 %

Final: 30 %

* Discussion forums (5 times) will be in the web-based platform. Each message you will send will be evaluated.

* The attendance will be taken for every session.

Criterias for Writing Message

1. It SHOULD not exceed 100-150 words (Be clear and short!)
2. It MUST have a title with a co-title which refers to the cognitive or metacognive level of its content

The followings will be used as CO-TITLE (Choose from Bloom's taxonomy).

A. KNOWLEDGE
B. COMPHERENSION
....

4. It MUST have a remark if the message is a "reply" message. Remark should be as "To Ali's message(Thu Sep 29, 2007 6:41 pm)"
5. To send a message that IMPOVE AND DEEPEN the discourse or interaction is more preferable than to send throughly new message about the discussion topic"

Evaluation of the Message (Out of Ten)

Criteria Definitions Scores
Max Score

Cognitive Levels All message content on elementary clarification 2 4

At least one example in message content on deep clarification (application, analysis) 3

At least one example in message content on inference or judgments or strategy selection. 4

Interactivity Explicit or implicit interaction 4 4

Independent statement 1

Composition Having title and co-title,
obeying rules of compositions, clear and correct sentences etc. 2 2

TOTAL 10

Homeworks:

No Homework Weigth Due

Useful Links:

Poole, B. J. (2001). Education for an Information Age, Teaching in the Computerized Classroom.

Yildirim, S. (2000). Teknoloji Destekli Egitim Ortamlarinin Etkinligi. Etkinlik Üzerine Yapilan Arastirmalar Isiginda Okullarda Basarili BT Uygulamalari için Gerekli Yöntem ve Ilkeler. (in ".doc" format)

Last updated: August, 12 2009, by A.Topcu
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	Weigth	Date
Term Project:
Discussion Forum:	20 %
Presentation:	15 %
Midterm:	20 %	November 16th
In-Class Participation:	10%
Attendance:	5 %
Final:	30 %

Criteria	Definitions	Scores	Max Score
Cognitive Levels	All message content on elementary clarification	2	4
	At least one example in message content on deep clarification (application, analysis)	3
	At least one example in message content on inference or judgments or strategy selection.	4
Interactivity	Explicit or implicit interaction	4	4
Interactivity	Independent statement	1	4
Composition	Having title and co-title, obeying rules of compositions, clear and correct sentences etc.	2	2
TOTAL			10