2012-2017 Dönemi Akademik Başarı Araştırmalarının İçerik Analizi

Year 2020, Volume: 28 Issue: 2, 596 - 612, 20.03.2020

Münevver Gündüz Özgür Kalafat İlknur Reisoğlu Yüksel Göktaş

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.693412

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, akademik başarıya odaklanan deneysel çalışmalara ait tanımlayıcı özelliklerin ve yöntemsel eğilimlerin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı doğrultusunda bağımlı değişken olarak akademik başarının kabul edildiği eğitim araştırmaları ele alınmıştır, 2012-2017 yılları arasında SSCI indeksli dergilerde yayınlanmış makaleler Web of Science veri tabanı aracılığı ile taranmıştır. Erişilen makalelerden deneysel araştırma yönteminin kullanıldığı 80 makale çalışmanın örneklemini oluşturmuştur. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak Eğitim Teknolojileri Yayın Sınıflama Formu kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen makaleler içerik analizi yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmalarda akademik başarıya etki eden bağımsız değişkenlere bakıldığında materyal kullanımı, öğretim yaklaşımları/stratejileri, öğrenme ortamları, değerlendirme türleri ve öğretim teknikleri kategorilerinde deneysel çalışmaların yoğunlukta olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışmalarda akademik başarı değişkeninin yanı sıra; eleştirel düşünme, problem çözme ve tutum gibi değişkenlerin bağımlı değişken olarak incelendikleri tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca yapılan analizler sonucunda söz konusu araştırmalarda sıklıkla t-testi, varyans analizi (ANOVA/ANCOVA) veri analiz yöntemlerinin kullanıldığı anlaşılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçların akademik başarıyla ilgili çalışma yapmak isteyen araştırmacılara yön gösterici nitelikte olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

akademik başarı, akademik performans, öğrenci başarısı, öğrenci performansı

A Content Analysis of 2012-2017 Decade Academic Achievement Researches

Abstract

This study aims to determine the descriptive properties and methodological tendencies in empirical studies focusing on academic achievement. Educational research studies taking academic achievement as the dependent variable were considered in this study. The articles published in SSCI indexed journals in the period between 2012 and 2017 were scanned through Web of Science database. The sample for the study was composed of 80 articles using experimental research method. Educational Technologies Publication Classification Form was used as the data collection tool in this study. The articles collected were put to content analysis. On examining the independent variables influencing academic achievement in the articles, it was found that experimental studies in the categories of use of materials, teaching approaches/strategies, learning environments, assessment types and teaching techniques predominated. It was found that such variables as critical thinking, problem solving and attitudes in addition to academic achievement were also used as the dependent variable in the studies analyzed. Besides, it was also found that the studies frequently used t-test, variance analysis (ANOVA/ANCOVA) as data analysis methods. It is thought that the results obtained will guide researchers intending to conduct studies on academic achievement.

Keywords

Academic achievement, academic performance, , student achievement, student performance

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