The purpose of this study is to examine theses and dissertations completed between 2000-2018 in Literacy and Turkish at the primary school level. A total of 249 master's and doctoral theses were reached through Higher Education Council database. Of these theses, 128 were on Literacy and 121 were on Turkish and its foundations (reading, writing, speaking and listening). Eighty four percent of the theses were at the master's level and 16% was at the doctoral level. Purposeful sampling method and content analysis were used in examining theses. Research topic, year, design, sample and data type were examined descriptively. Analysis results were reported through descriptive tables and graphs. Fifty one percent of the theses were on Literacy and 49% were on Turkish. Of the Turkish theses 24% were on general Turkish achievement, 11% were on reading, 6% were on writing, 4% were on speaking and 4% were on listening. Most of the theses were completed between 2008-2015. The most common research design was simple descriptive design that used quantitative data in the form of questionnaire. Data were collected mainly from teachers and students, specifically 1st graders. In Literacy, the most frequently studied topic was sound based sentence method and in Turkish, the most common topic was teaching methods/strategies.
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