@article{article_241435, title={A CONTENT ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING STUDIES: THE CASE OF TURKEY}, journal={Kastamonu Education Journal}, volume={23}, pages={565–580}, year={2015}, author={Temel, Senar and Şen, Şenol and Yılmaz, Ayhan}, keywords={Fen eğitimi, içerik analizi, probleme dayalı öğrenme}, abstract={In the study, it was aimed to conduct a content analysis on the research studies performed in relation to the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) used in especially science education in Turkey. Literature was reviewed for this aim and the studies in question were examined on the basis of the year of publication, the type of research, the type of research method, the topic of research, the field of research, the method of selecting the sample, data collection tools, and data analysis method. A total of 58 studies- 21 of which were articles, 24 of which were postgraduate theses, and 13 of which were doctoral dissertations- were analyzed. On evaluating the results of the study, it was found that the quantitative research methods were employed in general and that the data collection tools and data analysis methods were determined accordingly.}, number={2}, publisher={Kastamonu Üniversitesi}