Holding an Inquiry into the Instruction in Türkiye: A Systematic Review

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1, 1 - 13, 30.06.2025

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https://doi.org/10.52974/jena.1543912

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The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the studies focusing inquiry based instruction and learning conducted in the context of Türkiye. The review reported on 27 research articles, published from 2005 till 2024 in ERIC, Web of Science, ULAKBIM, and EBSCOhost in accordance with the following criteria; 1) contemporary research articles dating from 2005 to 2024, (2) studies conducted in the context of Türkiye, sampling Turkish population, (3) studies published in English and Turkish, (4) Peer-reviewed articles as the source (5) exclusion of conference proceedings or book chapters, thesis, and books (6) implementation of inquiry based instruction in comparison to traditional lecture-based classrooms, attitudes of students and teachers towards the relevant method and use of this method in a combination with other tools. The results of the review showed that inquiry based instruction related studies conducted in Turkey have the following major focuses: achievement, attitudes, its effect on various skills, its implications for teacher education and perspectives of the students in Inquiry based method and traditional classrooms. The results of the majority of the studies indicated that students taught through inquiry based instruction developed a range of skills such as research skills, scientific processing and problem solving, developed more positive attitudes towards classes and improved their self-efficacy. The studies reviewed in the context of Türkiye focusing on inquiry based instruction show that it has a positive contribution on various skills such as science processing, problem solving and researching, attitude towards the course and achievement. However, the studies in this context also signaled some difficulties to address such as lack of enough materials, guidance and skills and also time constraints. Therefore, experimental studies illuminating under which conditions this method is working efficiently are needed.

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Inquiry Based Instruction , Case-Base Learning , Project- Based Learning , Problem- Based Learning , Systematic review , Türkiye

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