A DESCRIPTIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ON TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE CASE OF TURKEY

The purpose of this study was to investigate the studies published in Turkey between 2000-2016 about technology integration in science education. In this scope, 35 studies published in Turkish were identified and analyzed using descriptive content analysis. The studies were coded based on the themes determined. Findings have shown that close to all the technologies used in the studies are non-interactive and that the technology used is mostly animations. It has been determined that there is a low level of collaboration among the students in the technology integration studies. It is seen that mostly quantitative methods are used in technology-supported teaching practices and more multiple-choice tests are used as data collection tools. It has been seen that the majority of the results of the technology-supported teaching practices are positive, and the implications are given for the classroom applications, future studies and practitioners-experts. Based on the results, implications were provided to the researchers