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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Contemporary Study Skills and Learning Strategies |
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| Course Code |
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BTE 716 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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1 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall and Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Asst.Prof.Dr. MAHMUT OĞUZ KUTLU
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Explains the ways to become successful
Lists the factors that affect success
Explains goal setting and time management techniques
Makes a plan
Explains effective learning and study skills
Explains the concept of motivation and motivation increasing techniques
Uses stress managing techniques
Explains the concepts of concentration and focusing with the factors that affect them
Explains the concepts of forgetting and remembering with the factors that affect them
Explains how to take better notes
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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The objectives of this course are to teach about goal setting for success at school, time management, effective study skills , motivation and concentration techniques, stress management techniques and indivudual learning styles. |
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| Course Contents |
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What is the best way to be successful?
How do we learn? Cognitive awareness
Goal Setting and time management-Mapping the course
Planning
Concentrating and Focusing
Forgetting and Remembering,
Improving reading speed and comprehension
Listening to take good notes- Taking good notes
Visionary thinking
Learning from the textbooks
Effective study skills and learning techniques
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Fundamentals of success |
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Lecture, Discussion |
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2 |
The factors that affect success and the general characteristics of successful people |
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Lecture, Presentation and Discussion |
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3 |
How we learn? Learning and the brain, memory and intelligence |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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4 |
Goal Setting and Time Management Skills |
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Lecture, Presentation and Discussion |
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5 |
Effective Learning and Study Skills |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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6 |
Effective Learning and Study Skills |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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7 |
Effective Learning and Study Skills |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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8 |
Midterm Exam |
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Essay exam |
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9 |
Motivation Increasing Techniques |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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10 |
Motivation Increasing Techniques |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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11 |
Stress and Stress Management Techniques |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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12 |
Managing Stress |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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13 |
Learning Styles |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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14 |
Learning Styles and Kolb´s Learning Theory |
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Lecture, Presentation and Question-Answer Methods |
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16/17 |
Final Exam |
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Essay exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 VanderStoep, S.W.; Pintrich, P.R. 2003). Learnin to Learn- The Skill and Will of College Success, Prentice Hall, NJ.
Pauk, W. (2001). How to Study in College, Houghton Mifflin Company, Seventh Ed. Boston,
Wong, L. (2006). Essential Study Skills, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
60 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
1 |
40 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Takes responsibility for the dissemination of local and national developments in the field. |
3 |
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2 |
Supports the protection and learning of scientific and ethical values by considering them in his academic studies. |
4 |
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3 |
Transfers the developments in the other fields to the field of instructional technologies. |
4 |
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4 |
Creates a productive cooperative working environment and maintains it by developing an insight into the behavior of stakeholders. |
5 |
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5 |
Defines the unified structure of instructional technologies with other related fields. |
3 |
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6 |
Lists the applications of scientific research and related statistical techniques in the field of educational technology. |
3 |
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7 |
Follows the scientific developments in the field of educational technology, and implements them in his professional practice. |
4 |
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8 |
Follows the current problems and practices, identifies the knowledge and skills which will be required in the next stage and takes on new learning tasks. |
4 |
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9 |
Can supply or develop systems, methods, or tools to reduce the workload. |
4 |
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10 |
Interprets, develops and evaluates the strategies, policies and implementation plans related to the issues about the future of the field.
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3 |
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11 |
On the basis of qualifications acquired at undergraduate level, integrates and defines sub-areas of instructional technology, at the level of expertise. |
2 |
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12 |
Applies the processes of analysis, design, development, and evaluation on the basis of knowledge of instructional technologies. |
4 |
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13 |
Uses scientific research and statistical techniques in the area of classical applications of educational technology. |
2 |
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14 |
Evaluates the current complex theoretical problems in the scope of instructional technologies with integrity by understanding their multi-dimensional causes. |
3 |
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15 |
Develops a plan related to the solutions of complex, theoretical and current problems in the field, implements the plan and evaluates the results with a scientific perspective. |
4 |
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16 |
Takes personal responsibility in solving problems related to/in the field. |
3 |
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17 |
Communicates effectively with the students, teachers, school administrators, families and individuals in the study group . |
5 |
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18 |
Has foreign language knowledge to review the international resources in the field . |
4 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
1 |
8 |
8 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Total Workload: | 124 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 4.96 |
| ECTS Credit: | 5 |
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