دراسة تحليلية لمضمون رسائل الماجستير المتخصصة في علم تكنولوجيا التعليم في الجامعات الأردنية للفترة (1983-2013)‎

Abstract EN

This study aimed to analyze the content of master theses specialized in the field of instructional technology which were approved in both Yarmouk and University Jordan, during the period of (1983-2013), and that through following variables: the university and the gender of the student researcher, educational topics addressed by the study, dependent variables, research methods, and communities addressed by the study.

The sample consisted of (217) master theses, including (145) at Yarmouk university and (72) at.

The results of the study showed superiority of males to females in their interest in educational technology in graduate studies, and the most topics that those studies focused on them: computer and educational software, educational technology, internet and websites, e-learning, and information and communication technology.

With regard to dependent variables, the results of the analysis showed that achievement variable has a great deal of attention, then the reality of use, then attitudes, then qualifications, and there were some variables that have not received sufficient attention: creative thinking, critical thinking, mathematical thinking, and problem solving.

The results also showed that descriptive researches are the most commonly used in the analyzed studies, the empirical researches, and then case study research.