Examination of postgraduate dissertations within the field of gifted education in Turkey: Content analysis study

Abstract

This research was carried out in order to examine master and doctoral dissertations made in the field of gifted in terms of methods (research model, universe and sample, used measurement tools, statistical techniques and content). Within the scope of the research, 94 master and doctoral dissertations were collected from YöK data base, which were about the gifted education between 2010 and 2016. Content analysis method was used in the research because it aims to examine master and doctoral dissertations. The content analysis was applied to each publication with the help of this form and the data for the publications were recorded in a database. The results of the study show that the dissertations made in the field of gifted have increased significantly since 2010, the quantitative researches in master dissertations and the experimental designs in doctoral dissertations are preferred, the sampling group concentrates on primary and secondary school students, the method of sampling selection is not mentioned, teaching and attitude-interest-perception studies were preliminary, and more than one data collection tool was used in the studies and the percentage and frequency tables, t test and non parametric test usage as the data analysis methods. © 2015 Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists.