Investigation of Experimental and Related to Specific Learning Disorder Thesis Written in Turkey

Abstract

Öğrenme güçlüğü ile ilgili Türkiye'de deneysel olarak yapılmış olan tezlerinin incelenmesinin amaçlandığı bu araştırmada, nitel araştırma yaklaşımlarından betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Yüksek Öğretim Kurumunun (YÖK) ulusal tez merkezi veri tabanı kullanılarak yapılan tarama sonucunda, deneysel olarak yapılmış sekiz çalışmaya ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmalar, katılımcıların özellikleri, bağımlı ve bağımsız değişkenler, araştırma modelleri ve ortam değişkenleri bağlamında incelenmiştir. İnceleme sonucunda, çalışmalardaki katılımcıların daha çok 5-16 yaş aralığında oldukları, yedi çalışmanın öğrenme güçlüğü olan bireylerle yapıldığı; uygulamaların en çok rehabilitasyon merkezlerinde gerçekleştiği, kontrol gruplu deneysel ve tek denekli araştırmaların araştırma deseni olarak kullanıldığı, tekrarlanan bağımlı ve bağımsız değişkenlerin kullanılmadığı ile ilgili bulgulara ulaşılmıştır.

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“…In the postgraduate studies on learning disabilities in the preschool period, the number of female participants was higher than the number of male participants. This result supports the findings of Arı, Yıkmış, and Özokçu (2019) It is not surprising because the number of female professionals working with special children and preschool children is higher than males.…”

“…Results show that most of the postgraduate studies on learning disabilities in the preschool period are quantitative, 5 of them are at the master's level, 1 is at the doctoral level and 1 is as a specialization in medicine thesis whereas 2 of the studies employed qualitative methods and these studies were at the master's level. Similar to the findings of Özkardeş, (2012a) and Arı, Yıkmış, and Özokçu (2019), most studies on the subject included in this study were at the master's level and the number of postgraduate studies conducted at the doctorate level and medical specialization level was less. This suggests that the number of doctoral studies which investigates the topic from various perspectives and in depth is less the number of master's theses.…”

“…It has been observed that the highest number of participants in the postgraduate studies on learning disabilities in preschool were 5-6 years old children. Because the subject examined is limited to preschool, the participants are most 5-6 years old children, which is in line with the results of Arı, Yıkmış, and Özokçu (2019)'s studies on the subject.…”

“…In their study, Deveci and Koç (2020) comparatively examined national and international articles published between 2015-2019, on learning disabilities. In the study conducted by Arı, Yıkmış, and Özokçu (2019), experimental dissertations in Turkey on learning disabilities were examined. In the study conducted by Özkardeş (2012a), a descriptive analysis of the studies on special learning disabilities in Turkey was made.…”

Analysis of Postgraduate Studies on Learning Disability in Preschool Period

“…In their study, Deveci and Koç (2020) comparatively examined national and international articles published between 2015-2019, on learning disabilities. In the study conducted by Arı, Yıkmış, and Özokçu (2019), experimental dissertations in Turkey on learning disabilities were examined. In the study conducted by Özkardeş (2012a), a descriptive analysis of the studies on special learning disabilities in Turkey was made.…”