Özel Yetenekli Öğrencilerde STEM/STEAM Eğitimi Konulu Makalelerin Bibliyometrik Analizi

Abstract

The current study was carried out to guide future studies on STEM education for gifted students. To this end, a bibliometric analysis of the STEM and STEAM education studies for talented students was conducted in the SCOPUS database. The bibliometric mapping method was used in this research. In the SCOPUS database, a search was performed by using the keywords "Gifted," "Talented," "STEM," and "STEAM" to filter the studies belonging to these two fields together (Access date: 22.06.2022). In the first stage of the search, 464 studies were reached. However, it was decided to analyze 124 of them, which were found to comply with research purposes, whose peer-review process was completed, and which were conducted in social studies and education. The analysis was carried out with the VosViewer program. According to the findings, an increase has been observed in studies on the subject since 2017. The highest number of publications is in the USA (n=86). While it was seen that concepts such as spatial skills, creativity, specialized schools, enrichment, and gender differences were extensively researched in STEM education for gifted students, it was determined that more research is needed on concepts such as entrepreneurship, career guidance, career interest, and e-learning. In this respect, bibliometric studies can be carried out to investigate these less-studied concepts by reviewing the literature on STEM or STEAM in other databases.