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| OFMB505 | Scientific Research Methods | 3+0+0 | ECTS:8 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Dr. Sabiha Odabaşı Çimer | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To have the knowledge and skills for doing a scientific research. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain the basic concepts related to the research. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Explain the research methods and the instruments for collecting data. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | Explain how to analyze the data. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 | 1,3 | | LO - 4 : | Explain the concepts of validity and reliability. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 | 1,3 | | LO - 5 : | Prepare a scientific research report. | 3 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 14 - 15 - 21 | 3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The basic concepts on scientific research, research methods, the instruments for collecting data, analysis of data, literature examination, problem solving, validity and reliability in the research, basic statistics, write a research report |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, link between science and research, kind of scientific knowledge | | | Week 2 | Basis of educational research | | | Week 3 | Sampling, variable | | | Week 4 | Methods using in educational research and classification | | | Week 5 | Experimental method and scanning method | | | Week 6 | Action research method, Case study method, ethnografic method | | | Week 7 | Data gathering techniques in the educational research; survey, observation, interview, document analysis. | | | Week 8 | Quality, validity, reliability, objectivity,generalization at the educational research. Ethic rules in the scientific research. | | | Week 9 | Literature review, referance presentment, writing the report | | | Week 10 | Analysis and to examine one of the scientific article | | | Week 11 | Homeworks presentation | | | Week 12 | Homeworks presentation | | | Week 13 | Homeworks presentation | | | Week 14 | Homeworks presentation | | | Week 15 | Submitting project raport | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Çepni, S. 2007; Araştırma ve Proje Çalışmalarına Giriş. Genişletilmiş 3. Baskı, Celepler Matbaacılık, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Büyüköztürk, Ş., Çakmak, E.K., Akgün, Ö.E., Karadeniz, Ş., Demirel, F. (2014). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Pegem Akademi, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Ekiz, D. 2009; Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Anı yayıncılık, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Project | 11
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3 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/01/2017 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Ödev | 5 | 10 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 8 | 64 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 229 |
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