General Features

• The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English.
• Manuscripts, including all sections, must not exceed 30 pages.
• Manuscripts must include Turkish and English abstracts, keywords (4–5 keywords provided at the end of each abstract), introduction, method, findings, conclusion and discussion, and references sections.
• The main manuscript file must not contain any information identifying the authors.
• The names and surnames, positions and titles, institutional affiliations, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all researchers mentioned in the manuscript must be provided separately in the author information file (title page). One of the researchers must be designated as the corresponding author. All authors must agree that this author is authorized to make decisions on behalf of the other authors regarding matters related to the manuscript when necessary.
• Authors should ensure that the statements and expressions used in the manuscript are clear and understandable. For manuscripts written in Turkish, attention should be paid to using Turkish equivalents of words whenever possible.
• For Turkish terms used for the first time in the field, their equivalents in the original language should be provided in parentheses.

Submission of the Manuscript to the System

• Manuscripts can be submitted online by registering through the journal’s website.
• No publication fee is charged for the publication of manuscripts.

During submission, authors are required to provide the following declarations electronically:

1. I am authorized to submit this study to your journal / I have been authorized by the co-authors to submit this study.
2. The manuscript is original, has not been officially published in another peer-reviewed journal, is not currently under evaluation by another journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we accept that, if the manuscript is accepted for publication after editorial evaluation, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
4. The copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s), or the author(s)’ employer where applicable, are reserved. The author(s) undertake that the publisher shall bear no responsibility for any claims or legal actions brought by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to the author(s).
5. The author(s) undertake that the manuscript contains no criminal elements or unlawful statements and that no illegal materials or methods were used during the research process.

Manuscripts to be submitted to SEBED must be prepared using the “Manuscript Template”. Revisions after peer-review corrections must be made using the “Reviewer Correction Form”.

Text

1. The manuscript must be written in accordance with Turkish writing rules using the “Palatino Linotype” font, 10-point size, with 0 pt spacing before, 6 pt spacing after, and single line spacing.
2. Page dimensions must be A4 size with margins as follows: Top: 1.25 cm, Left: 4 cm, Bottom: 3 cm, Right: 2.25 cm.
3. Paragraph indentation should not be used. No additional spacing should be left between paragraphs.
4. When emphasis is required within the text, italic formatting should be used.

Article Title

1. The title of the manuscript should clearly indicate the subject, field, and boundaries of the research problem.
2. The title should be written in bold, centered, 14-point Palatino Linotype font. Only the first letters of words should be capitalized, except for conjunctions.

Abstract and Keywords

1. Each manuscript must include Turkish and English abstracts at the beginning.
2. The abstract should include the purpose of the study, important findings, and the most significant conclusions.
3. The abstract should be justified and should not exceed 200 words.
4. The abstract and keywords should be written in Palatino Linotype font, 8-point size, with single line spacing.
5. The relevant section should include at least 3 and at most 5 keywords describing the content of the manuscript.

Introduction

1. The introduction section should define and discuss the research problem.
2. Long explanations and definitions should be avoided in the introduction.
3. Previous studies should be referenced.

Method

1. The method section must include the following subheadings: Research Design, Study Group, Data Collection Tool and Procedure, Data Analysis, and Ethical Approval of the Research. Detailed information should be provided under these sections.
2. The research design used in the manuscript and the reason why it was selected should be briefly explained.
3. For quantitative studies, the subheading “Population and Sample” may be preferred; for qualitative studies, “Participants” or “Study Group” may be used.
4. Under this subheading, information about the population, sampling technique, and sample should be provided.
5. Under the Data Collection Tool heading, the data collection instrument(s) used should be specified. Validity and reliability studies, psychometric properties, and statistical characteristics of the instruments must be reported.
6. Under the Data Analysis heading, the data analysis techniques used and the reasons for selecting these techniques should be explained.

Findings

1. The findings obtained from the research should be presented in this section.
2. Findings should be presented in accordance with the order of the research questions.
3. Only findings related to the research questions should be included.
4. Tables or graphs supporting the results may be included.
5. Tables should be clear and understandable.
6. Data presented in tables or graphs should not be repeated in the text.
7. Tables or graphs should be mentioned in the text and placed immediately after the relevant paragraph.
8. Discussion should be presented under the heading “Conclusion, Discussion and Recommendations”.

Conclusion, Discussion and Recommendations

1. Answers to the research questions stated in the introduction should be discussed with references to findings in the literature that support or contradict these answers.
2. Findings that do not support the research question should be explained.
3. Evidence demonstrating the originality of the research should be presented.
4. Similarities and differences between the findings and previous studies should be discussed.
5. Unexpected findings and results should be explained.
6. Limitations affecting the validity and generalizability of the findings should be stated.
7. Implications demonstrating the importance of the research should be provided.
8. Recommendations should be based on the findings. Recommendations not supported by findings should not be included.
9. Recommendations related to both theory and practice should be provided whenever possible.

Headings and Subheadings

1. All headings should be written in Palatino Linotype font, 12-point size.
2. Main section headings should be written in uppercase letters, aligned to the left, and bold.
3. Subheadings should have the first letters of words capitalized, be aligned to the left, and written in bold.
4. Third- and fourth-level headings should have only the first letter capitalized, be aligned to the left, and written in bold italic format.

Tables and Figures / Visual Presentation

1. Tables and figures should be prepared in a publication-ready format and placed in the text where they are first mentioned.
2. The font used in tables and table titles should be Palatino Linotype, 10-point size, with single line spacing.
3. In table titles, the first letter of each word should be capitalized.
4. Text within tables should be written with single line spacing, with 0 pt spacing before and after, and without adding extra spacing between paragraphs of the same style.
5. Vertical lines should not be used in tables.
6. The width of table lines should be set to 1/2 pt.
7. A 6 pt space should be left before and after tables.
8. In table numbering and titles, the table number should be bold and left-aligned; the table title should be italic, with the first letter of each word capitalized and left-aligned.

Example:

Table 1.

Information Regarding Participants’ Gender

1. For figures and visual titles, the figure/visual number should be written normally and centered; the figure/visual title should be italic, with only the first word beginning with a capital letter and centered.

Example:

Figure 1. Turkey map of provinces

References

The journal uses APA 7th edition referencing style.

For APA 7 (American Psychological Association) citation guidelines, authors may refer to:

https://libguides.wintec.ac.nz/APA/current

and

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Reference Examples

Journal Articles

Articles with DOI:

Cheung, G. W., & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 9(2), 233–255. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15328007SEM0902_5

Gwet, K. L. (2008). Computing inter-rater reliability and its variance in the presence of high agreement. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 61(1), 29–48. https://doi.org/10.1348/000711006X126600

Artiles without DOI:

Zoski, K., & Jurs, S. (1993). Using multiple regression to determine the number of factors to retain in factor analysis. Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoint, 20(1), 5–9.

Conference and Symposium Papers

Çetin, S., & Yalçın, O. (2020, September 16–19). Examination of large-scale assessment processes in terms of individuals with visual impairments [Oral presentation]. International Pegem Education Congress, Türkiye.

Thissen, D., & Thissen-Roe, A. (2019, July 15–19). Factor score estimation from the perspective of item response theory [Paper presentation]. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Santiago de Chile.

Books

Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E., Karadeniz, Ş., & Demirel, F. (2019). Scientific research methods (26th ed.). Pegem Akademi.

Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research: Planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4th ed.). Pearson.

Fraenkel, R. J., Wallen, E. N., & Hyun, H. H. (2011). How to design and evaluate research in education (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

Edited Books

Atılgan, H. (Ed.). (2017). Measurement and evaluation in education (10th ed.). Anı Publishing.

Thorndike, R. M., & Thorndike-Christ, T. (Eds.). (2014). Measurement and evaluation in psychology and education (8th ed.). Pearson.

Chapter in an Edited Book

Başokçu, T. O. (2019). Qualities of measurement results: Measurement error, reliability, validity and usability. In N. Doğan (Ed.), Measurement and evaluation in education (pp. 31–74). Pegem Akademi.

Messick, S. (1993). Trait equivalence as construct validity of score interpretation across multiple methods of measurement. In R. E. Bennett & W. C. Ward (Eds.), Construction versus choice in cognitive measurement: Issues in constructed-response, performance testing, and portfolio assessment (pp. 61–73). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Translation Books

DeVellis, R. F. (2014). Scale development: Theory and applications (T. Totan, Trans., 3rd ed.). Nobel.
(The original work was published in 2012.)

Reports

Dwyer, E. E. (1993). Attitude scale construction: A review of the literature (Report No. ED359201). ERIC.
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED359201

Ministry of National Education (MoNE). (2017). Monitoring and evaluation of academic skills (ABİDE) 2016 report for 8th grade students.
https://odsgm.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2017_11/30114819_iY-web-v6.pdf

Unpublished Thesis

Bıkmaz, Ö. (2011). Comparison of techniques for determining inter-rater reliability in measuring higher-order cognitive skills [Master’s thesis]. Hacettepe University.

Spence, P. D. (1996). The effect of multidimensionality on unidimensional equating with item response theory [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida.

Published Thesis Retrieved from a Database

Ayan, C. (2018). Comparison of psychometric properties of traditional and computerized classification tests in cognitive diagnosis models [Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University].
https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/

He, Y. (2011). Evaluating equating properties for mixed-format tests [Doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa].
https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/981/

Software

R Development Core Team. (2018). R: A language and environment for statistical computing (Version 3.5.2) [Computer software]. R Foundation for Statistical Computing.

APA 7 Reference Style

SEBED uses APA 7th edition reference and citation style.

Authors should follow APA 7 (American Psychological Association) rules for in-text citations and references.

Final Notes

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all references are accurate, complete, and formatted according to APA 7th edition standards.

All manuscripts submitted to SEBED must comply with the journal’s manuscript preparation guidelines and formatting requirements.