An analysis of history of mathematics research literature in Turkey: the mathematics education perspective¹

¹The original draft of the study was presented at the 2012 Eurasian Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications in Prishtine, Kosovo (Demiroğlu et al. 2012).

Abstract

Research in history of mathematics gained momentum in the past two decades in Turkey. The present paper aims to describe the patterns in the history of mathematics research in Turkey and to analyse the research in Turkey using a mathematics education framework. The qualitative paradigm and a case study design are used in the study. The obtained data were analysed by using the document analysis technique with the help of a content analysis. The study group which is comprised of twenty-two postgraduate theses at master's or doctoral level were purposefully selected from the higher education council postgraduate theses database. Findings indicate a dearth of research in the area and that most of the theses are done in the area of mathematics education. Moreover, the focus, in general, was on attitudinal variables, and cognitive aspects seemed to be ignored.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Marmara University Scientific Research Project Unit (EGT-D-130612-0256)

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

¹ The original draft of the study was presented at the 2012 Eurasian Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications in Prishtine, Kosovo (Demiroğlu et al. 2012).