Author/Authors :
kaltakçi gürel, derya kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, Turkey , ölmeztürk, aycan kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, Turkey , durmaz, burcu kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, Turkey , abul, esra kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, Turkey , özün, hatice kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, Turkey , irak, meltem kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, turkey , subaşi, öykü kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, turkey , baydar, zuhal kocaeli üniversitesi - matematik ve fen bilimleri eğitimi bölümü, fen bilgisi anabilim dalı, turkey
Abstract :
In this study, it is aimed to investigate master and PhD theses in physics education in Turkey between the years 1990 and 2016. Content analysis method was used to investigate research trends in theses. Theses studies in the current research were selected from those registered into the database of Turkish Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. From the database a total of 466 theses were reached in physics education. However, 129 of them whose full-texts are not available online were not included in the study. Eight researchers investigated 337 theses whose full-texts were reached online in the present study. In the study, in order to classify theses ‘physics education thesis classification form’ was used. In data analysis SPSS 23.0 was used and data gathered from the study were shown in percent and frequency tables. According to the results, between the years 1990 and 2016 laboratory studies, teacher education, curriculum and physics textbook analysis studies labeled as ‘other’ was found to be the most frequently studied topic. The next frequently studied topic was found to be ‘electricity’. As the most frequently studied area ‘teaching’ is given high priority in physics education theses. It is striking that ‘achievement tests’ are abundantly used in the studies as data collection tools. The most frequently studied samples were found to be ‘secondary school (9-12)’ and ‘undergraduate’ students and the most frequently used data analysis methods were found to be ‘t-test’ and ‘frequency-percentage tables’.
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Physics Education , Content Analysis , Graduate Theses , Research Trends
