Evaluation of the theses in the master of science program of computer education and instructional technologies in turkey in terms of contents and methods

In this research, the theses, written between 2002-2007, in the Master of Science Program of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) were investigated to define the trends by classifying them according to following criteria; subjects covered, dependent variables, model of research, sample, sampling, material types, owner of the material, implementation period, scale properties, statistics, occupation of the researcher, the university or the researcher, department of the thesis advisor and number of the CEIT faculty in the thesis jury.This is a trends research because the trends of the theses in the Master of Science Program of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies were investigated. On the other hand this research can be accepted as a survey model because it aims to investigate the trends by reflecting the current situation, and also a content analysis because it aims to investigate the contents systematically according to specific categories.The theses which were investigated in the research were reached using the online thesis library on the web page of The Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey. For this reason, only the theses which were approved by the owners to be published on this web site could be reached.Data gathered were estimated, frequency and percentage were calculated and analysis was done. The results of analysis were interpreted according to the trends of the theses in years.