Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi, cilt.28, ss.596-612, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study aims to determine the descriptive properties and methodological tendencies in empirical studies focusing on academic achievement. Educational research studies taking academic achievement as the dependent variable were considered in this study. The articles published in SSCI indexed journals in the period between 2012 and 2017 were scanned through Web of Science database. The sample for the study was composed of 80 articles using experimental research method. Educational Technologies Publication Classification Form was used as the data collection tool in this study. The articles collected were put to content analysis. On examining the independent variables influencing academic achievement in the articles, it was found that experimental studies in the categories of use of materials, teaching approaches/strategies, learning environments, assessment types and teaching techniques predominated. It was found that such variables as critical thinking, problem solving and attitudes in addition to academic achievement were also used as the dependent variable in the studies analyzed. Besides, it was also found that the studies frequently used t-test, variance analysis (ANOVA/ANCOVA) as data analysis methods. It is thought that the results obtained will guide researchers intending to conduct studies on academic achievement.