General Writing Guidelines

  • Presentations could be in Turkish, English or Arabic.
  • Presentations must be scientific, original and not previously published.
  • Manuscripts should not exceed 15 pages.
  • Manuscripts should begin with a concise Abstract both in Turkish and English.
  • Abstracts should contain the scope, purpose, importance, hypothesis, problematic and method of the study, with at least 200 words and not more than 300 words.
  • At least 3 and at most 5 keywords in English should be provided.
  • Manuscripts should begin with a concise Abstract both in Turkish and English. “Introduction” section should include the aim, scope, related approaches in the literature and the method of this study. Similarly, it should finalize with a “Conclusion” section with an evaluation of the findings.
  • Manuscripts are written on A4 size sheets with page margins of 3.0 cm from the top, 2.5 cm from the bottom, the right and the left sides, 1.25 cm for the top and 0.6 cm for the bottom headers.
  • All titles except Introduction, Conclusion and Bibliography should be numbered.
  • Tables, figures, photographs, graphics and drawings should be numbered. The first letters of their titles should be capitalized.
  • Titles of tables, figures, photographs, graphics and drawings should be italic.
  • First line margins for Paragraphs and the second line margins for Bibliography should be 1.25 cm.
  • Manuscripts should be with the Times New Roman font type and 1.5 spacing.
  • Turkish title of the manuscript should be capitalized. The first letter of first level headings, subheadings; Table, Figure, Photograph, Graphic and Drawing Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Conclusion, Bibliography should be in capital.
  • All titles of the paper should be in 11 point and bold.
  • It should be 24 pt before Turkish – English titles and 18 pt before other titles.
  • Main Text should be 11-pt; Turkish and English abstracts, Endnote, Bibliography contents, block quotations, headings and content texts of tables, figures, photographs, graphics and drawings consist of 10 pt.
  • Block quotations exceeding three lines in the text should be in “quotations mark” in italic with line margins of 1.25cm from the left and 0.5cm from the right.
  • APA style could be used for the Reference list, Footnote style in the manuscripts submitted. Information on the specified rules are given below under a separate heading.
  • Papers not written according to these writing rules will not be published even if the abstracts have been accepted.
  • Authors are responsible for everything related to their presentations.

Information About In-Text Citations

While giving references in the text, please give the name of the author, year of publication and page information in parentheses:

With a single author: …… has addressed (Doğan, 2006: 15).

With two authors: …… have adressed (Ocak and Akdemir, 2009: 145).

Three and more: …… addressed (Crysu et al., 2012: 55).

It can also be used as follows:

According to Tarkan (2015: 142) … As Tarkan stated in his related study (2015: 142), the situation is different from what is thought.

Information About Bibliography

All references used in the paper should be given in the bibliography in alphabetical order in APA format. Any source that is not cited in the paper should not be listed here.

Studies with more than one author should be separated with “and”, not with “&” sign. No blank lines should be left between references. As an example, some sources are given below.

Periodical Citations in Bibliography

Ocak, M.A. (2005). Mathematics teachers’ attitudes toward the computers. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 4(3), 82-88.

Ocak, M.A., ve Akdemir, O. (2008). An investigation of primary school science teachers’ use of computer applications. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 7(4), 54-60.

Sahin, S., Ocak, M.A., ve Uluyol, C. (2009). A systematic evaluation of preservice teachers’ opinions on learning objects. International Journal of Human Sciences, 6(2), 723-736.

Scahill, E.M., Melican, C., ve Walstad, W. (2005). The preparation and experience of advanced placement in economics instructors. Journal of Economic Education, 36(1), 93-98.

Book Citations in Bibliography

Yalın, H.İ. (2003). Öğretim teknolojileri ve materyal geliştirme. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.

Kozol, J. (1991). Savage inequalities: Children in America’s schools. New York: Crown Publishers.

Calfee, R.C., ve Valencia, R.R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Book Chapter Citations in Bibliography

Jonassen, D.H. (1999). Designing constructivist learning environments. Ed. C.M. Reigeluth, Instructional-design theories and models, Vol. II (pp. 215-239). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

O’Neil, J.M., ve Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. Ed. B.R. Wainrib, Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York, NY: Springer.

Çakır, H., Karadeniz, Ş., ve Uluyol, Ç. (2008). Öğretim stratejileri: İnternet temelli öğretimde kuramsal temeller. Ed. H.İ. Yalın, İnternet temelli eğitim (pp. 65-106). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.

Conference and Proceedings Citations in Bibliography

Akkoyun, F. ve Bacanlı, H. (1988). ACL-Sıfat tarama listesinin Türkçeye uyarlaması: TA ego durumları ölçekleri ile bir çalışma. V. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresine Sunulmuş Bildiri.

Lee, J., ve McIntire, W.G. (1999). Understanding rural student achievement: Identifying instructional and organizational differences between rural and nonrural schools. The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Kongresine Sunulmuş Bildiri.

Barlow, D.H., Chorpita, B.F., ve Turovsky, J. (1996). Fear, panic, anxiety, and disorders of emotion. Editör R. Dienstbier, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 43. Perspectives on anxiety, panic, and fear (pp. 251-328). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

References to Electronic Resources in Bibliography

Taylor, D. ve Potter, M. (2001). The literature review: a few tips on conducting it. University of Toronto. http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html Erişim: 8 Ağustos 2009.