Thematic Analysis of Postgraduate Theses on Mathematics Literacy in the Field of Mathematics Education in Turkey

Year 2021, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 317 - 340, 31.12.2021

Çiğdem Arslan , Burcu Karaduman , Zeynep Özaydın

https://doi.org/10.17522/balikesirnef.1025977

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the characteristics of the postgraduate thesis on the subject of mathematical literacy in Turkey according to various criteria. The criteria examined in line with the purpose of the study; The type and publication year of the postgraduate theses, the university in which it was made, its subject, keywords, sample type and sample numbers, research method and research design, data collection tools, main results and main suggestions were determined. Thematic analysis, one of the qualitative research approaches, was used in the study. The sample of the research consists of 74 postgraduate theses on mathematical literacy in the field of education registered on the official website of the National Theses Center of the Council of Higher Education between 2003-2020. This study differs from other articles and theses on the examination of postgraduate theses on mathematical literacy in terms of the variety of the criteria discussed.

Keywords

Mathematical literacy, thematic analysis, mathematics education, postgraduate thesis

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