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Abstract nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;The purpose of this study is to analyze the graduate theses conducted between 2006 2011 on the efficiency of the new primary school curricula in terms of various dimensions These dimensions are the aim method and data collection instrument of the study and some demographical characteristics The study has been conducted based the relevant eighteen master theses The theses in question have been analyzed and interpreted in terms of their aims methods and data collection tools after some demographical classifications and tables It has been identified that there have been only few graduate theses done on the efficiency of the new primary school curricula in Turkey during the afore mentioned period These theses seem to have been conducted under the supervision of largely academicians with an Assistant Professor Dr title and mostly by female ones The theses were generally conducted in the results based evaluation model and their aim is largely related to the efficiency of the curricula in question And the theses are based on determining teachers rsquo; views Moreover in these theses questionnaires developed mostly by the researchers were used as data collection tools It has also been suggested in the study that the theses were conducted as an academic requirement rather than presenting a detailed picture of the issue It is thought that this limitation of the theses results from their methods and data collection tools Key Words: nbsp;New primary school curricula Efficiency of primary school curricula Graduate theses

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