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Asia-Pacific Forum
on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 14, Issue 2, Article 4 (Dec., 2013) |
The purpose of this study was to identify the subject areas both Turkish and foreign scientists working on PBL in science education focus on; the subjects, research methods and data collection tools they prefer, sample groups participating in their implementations and data analysis methods they use. Thereby, the tendencies of national and international studies done with PBL method on science education in the world and in our country until today were examined, the existing condition was revealed and a comprehensive content analysis study was carried out to gather all the studies under one roof. The studies on PBL in national and international papers on science education between 1986- and 2012 were analyzed in detail using “Paper Classification Form”, and answers to the following questions were looked for:
- What is the distribution of studies by Turkish and foreign authors on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 by years like?
- What is the distribution of studies by Turkish and foreign authors on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 by areas like?
- What is the distrubition of studies by Turkish and foreign authors on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 by subject matters like?
- What is the distribution of the research methods used by Turkish and foreign authors in their studies on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 like?
- What is the distribution of the data collection tools used by Turkish and foreign authors in their studies on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 like?
- What is the sample and sample size used by Turkish and foreign authors in their studies on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 like?
- What are the data analysis methods used by Turkish and foreign authors in their studies on PBL in science education between 1986-2012 like?
