Technology Integration into Science Education: Systematic Reviewand Mapping of Postgraduate Theses in Turkey
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2021
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The main purpose of this study was to identify research trends of postgraduate theses about technology integration into science education conducted in Turkey between 2014-2019. The second purpose was to analyze the findings of the postgraduate thesesdesigned by experimental method and make inferences about the role and potential of technology integration into science education. Accordingly, systematic mapping and systematic literature review approaches were used in this study. The review was carried out in the National Thesis Center of the Turkey Council of Higher Education and 234 graduate theses were examined. One-hundred and eighty-three of the theses were the master's theses and 51 of them were doctoral theses. Considering the distribution of postgraduate theses by years, it was seen that most research was done in 2018. It was found that mostly middle school students constituted the study group, and the quantitative research methods were preferred the most. The majority of the studies did not refer to integration models or frameworks. It was determined that experimental design was used in 151 of the postgraduate theses. Web applications, animation, simulation and robotics technologies were mostly used in experimental research. In the light of the findings of the research, suggestions were presented for future studies aiming to examine the technology integration into science education.