Information Package / Course Catalogue
Teaching Through Puzzles and Games in Mathematics Education
Course Code: MTE514
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Evaluation of educational games according to general and special purposes of mathematics education, Analysing of contribution of educational games to teaching mathematical concepts

Course Content

Description and history of educational games, Evaluation of educational games according to general and special purposes of mathematics education, Analyzing of contribution of educational games to teaching mathematical concepts and of strategies of using educational games efficiently in mathematics education. Using of puzzles in mathematics education. Types of puzzles (reasoning games, verbal games, geometric-mechanical games, memory games and strategy games). Introduction of Sudoku, Puzzle, Crossword, Qbitz, Qwirkle, Metaforms, Reversi, MasterMind, Mangala, Aballon and Tangram.

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