TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTED MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: EXAMINATION OF POSTGRADUATE THESIS IN TURKEY

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the postgraduate thesis with technology-supported application contents in the field of mathematics education in Turkey between the years 2011-2021. In this context, studies in accordance with the criteria determined in the field of mathematics education were accessed from the Council of Higher Education Thesis Center database. In the study, 207 theses, 154 of which were master's and 53 were doctoral dissertations, were examined. Descriptive content analysis was used in the analysis of the studies. The studies were examined according to their learning tools and their contents, publication years and types, researcher genders, universities where research is conducted, advisor titles, purposes, measure properties, approach and approach explanation, sample, sampling type, data collection tools, and data analysis explanations. According to the findings, software contents and dynamic mathematics software were given more in the studies. While the most thesis studies were published in 2019, the least in 2011 and 2012. More studies have been carried out in Gazi and Dokuz Eylül. Success and attitude variable were included more, and qualitative approaches were preferred more. More studies were conducted with middle school students. Documents and interviews were used as data collection tools, and content, mean and t-test were frequently used in analysis. In the light of findings some suggestions were presented.