期刊名称：Social Sciences and Education Research Review
印刷版ISSN：2392-9863
电子版ISSN：2393-1264
出版年度：2019
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：30-47
出版社：Editura Sitech
摘要：This study aims at reviewing the tendencies of the studies on mathematics
education in Turkey with particular regard to mathematical thinking. In this
respect, the theses in the National Center for Theses and Dissertations and the
journals published online at the DergiPark (The most comprehensive collection
of academic journals in Turkey) portal were searched and 48 studies on
mathematical thinking were found. In this qualitative study, the studies reviewed
were analyzed descriptively. In the light of the findings obtained, it is found that
there are 23 articles, 12 master’s theses and 13 doctoral theses. It is also found
that while these studies were limited in number until 2010, the number has
increased after 2010. When the studies are examined regarding their
methodology, it is seen that qualitative researches are in majority; however, there are also quantitative and mixed studies. In addition to this finding, it is also
observed that generally open-ended questions, interviews, observations and
video recordings are used in qualitative studies, and content analysis is preferred.
In the quantitative studies, on the other hand, it is seen that scales are generally
preferred as data collection tools. In addition, it is observed that the researchers
generally selected middle school students and elementary pre-service
mathematics teachers as their sample. The sample size is mostly between 11 and
30 and generally, 201 to 300 samples are determined. According to the results
obtained, it is seen that mathematical thinking has become a popular subject
recently. Therefore, it is thought that conducting more studies on mathematical
thinking and preferring different sample groups would be beneficial for
improving mathematics education.
