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Development And Current Status Of Science Education Research In Turkey, Mustafa Sozbilir, Hulya Kutu Aug 2008

Development And Current Status Of Science Education Research In Turkey, Mustafa Sozbilir, Hulya Kutu

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The aim of this study is to determine the status and the trends of subject matters investigated, research methods/design and data analyses procedures used in science education research papers published in Turkey. Data were obtained from 413 papers concerning science education from 28 different journals publishing educational research in Turkey. Each paper was subjected to a content analysis in terms of the subject studied, the research design/method and data analysis methods used according to the Paper Classification Form (PCF) developed by the first author. This document analysis has showed that although the science education research is a new research enterprise …