A Thematic Analysis of Theses Prepared on Mathematics Education with Gifted and Talented Students in Türkiye

Year 2022, Volume: 9 Issue: 6, 19 - 40, 01.11.2022

Elvan İnan , Sevinç Mert Uyangör

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.22.127.9.6

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the postgraduate studies conducted in the field of mathematics education with individuals diagnosed as gifted and talented students in Türkiye. For this purpose, master’s and doctoral studies in the database of the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education [CHE] of Türkiye were examined. The first graduate thesis carried out in the field of mathematics education with gifted and talented students was carried out in 2009. In this context, the research includes 55 master’s and doctoral studies from 2009 to 2020. In this study, in which the qualitative research approach was preferred, thematic content analysis (meta-synthesis) one of the content analysis types was used. The theses included in the scope of the study were examined under different headings such as year, type, subject, approach, research design, sample, data collection tool, and data analysis techniques. This research is important in terms of giving a general idea about the studies carried out in the field of gifted students and mathematics education, providing information pertaining to the relevant literature for the studies to be carried out, helping expand the field with studies with more different content by determining the subjects and scopes that have not been researched in the field, and giving inspiration related to different research ideas that will contribute to the literature.

Keywords

Talented students, theses prepared, teaching mathematics

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