The studies to be submitted to SEBED should be prepared on the"Article Templates" below:

Text
1. The text should be written in "Palatino Linotype" font in 10 points, first 0 pt, then 6 pt, single line spacing, in accordance with Turkish spelling rules.
2.Page dimensions: Top: 1.25, Left: 4, Bottom: 3, Left: 2,25, A4 size.
3. Paragraphs should not be used. There should be no space between paragraphs.
4. When emphasis is required in the text, it should be written in italics.

Article title
1. The title of the article should clearly state the subject of the research, the field and the boundaries of the problem.
2. The title should be bold, centered, only the first letters of the words other than conjunctions should be written in capitals and in 14 points (Palatino Linotype).

Abstract in Turkish/Abstract in English -Keywords in Turkish /Keywords in English
1. Each article should be preceded by an abstract in Turkish and English.
2. The abstract should include the purpose of the article, its key findings and most important results.
3. The abstract should be justified and should not exceed 200 words.
4. Abstract and keywords should be written in Palatino Linotype font, 8 points and single-spaced.
5. At least 3 and at most 5 keywords that will define the content of the article should be included in the relevant section.

Introduction
1. The introduction should be considered as the part where the problem of the article is defined and discussed.
2. Long explanations and definitions should be avoided in the introduction.
3. Emphasis should be placed on previous researches.

Method
1. In the Method section, there should be sub-titles of Research Design, Study Group, Data Collection Tool and Process, Data Analysis and Ethical Approval of the Research. Detailed information should be given in these sections.
2. The research design used in the article and why it was chosen should be briefly stated.
3. "Population-Sample" for quantitative research and "Participants or Study Group" for qualitative research can be preferred.
4. Information about the population, sampling technique and sample should be given in this sub-title.
5. Under the title of Data Collection Tool, the data collection tool or tools used should be specified. Psychometric information such as validity and reliability studies and statistical properties of the data collection tool must be specified.
6. Under the sub-title Analysis of Data, the data analysis techniques used and the reasons why these techniques were chosen should be stated.
7. Ethics Committee Permission is required for studies to be published since 2020 in line with the decisions taken by “Ulakbim TR Index” under the sub-title of Ethical Permission of the Research. Ethics committee approval must be obtained separately for studies conducted in all fields of science, including social and human sciences, and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee approval, and this approval should be stated in the article.

Findings
1. The findings obtained in the research should be included in the findings section.
2. Findings should be presented in parallel with the order of the research questions.
3. Only the findings related to the research questions should be included.
4. Tables or graphs related to the evidence supporting the results can be included.
5. Tables should be clear and understandable.
6. The data presented in the table or graph should not be repeated in the text.
7. Tables or graphs should be mentioned in the text and presented immediately after the relevant text.
8. The discussion should be included under the title "Conclusion, Discussion and Recommendations".

Conclusion, Discussion and Recommendations
1. Regarding the answers to the questions asked in the introduction part, reference should be made to the findings supporting/not supporting these answers in the literature.
2. Findings that do not support the answer to the research question should be explained.
3. Evidence showing the originality of the research should be included.
4. The consistency or difference of the findings with the findings of other studies should be explained.
5. Unexpected findings and results should be explained.
6. Limitations that will affect the validity and generalization of the findings should be included.
7. Inferences showing the importance of the research should be made.
7. Recommendations should be written according to the findings. Suggestions that are not based on findings should not be included.
9. Suggestions for theory and practice should be included as much as possible.

Titles and Sub-titles
1.All titles should be written in Palatino Linotype font, 12 point size.
2.Section titles should be written in capital letters, left aligned and in bold.
3.The first letters of the words in the section sub-titles should be written in capital letters, the others should be written in lower case, left aligned and in bold.
4. In third and fourth level titles, the first letter of the title should be written in capital letters, the others in lower case, left aligned, in bold and italic.

Table and Figure/Visual Representation
1. Tables and figures should be prepared in a ready-to-publish format and should be given where they are mentioned in the text.
2. Palatino Linotype, 10 point size, single line spacing should be used in the text used in the tables and table titles.
3. The first letter of each word in the table titles should be capitalized.
4. The texts in the table should be written in a single line spacing with 0 nk before and after, and without adding any spaces between paragraphs of the same style.
5. Vertical lines should not be used in tables.
6.The width of the table lines should be set at 1/2 nk.
7.6 nk space should be left before and after the table.
8. In the display of table titles and table numbers, the table number should be bold and left aligned, the table title should be italicised, the first letter of each word should be capitalised and left aligned. Example; Table 1. Information on Gender of Participants
9. In the display of figure and image titles, the figure/image number should be written in normal and centred, the figure/image title should be italicised, only the first letter of the first word should be capitalised and centred. Example; Figure 1. Türkiye provinces map

SEBED uses APA 7 in its bibliography writing. You can use the links https://libguides.wintec.ac.nz/APA/ current and https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples  to access the APA 7 (American Psychological Association) citation guidelines.
Examples of in-text and end-of-text bibliography are given below.

If the articles have a Doi number, it must be added.

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 
Gwet, K. L. (2016). Testing the difference of correlated agreement coefficients for statistical significance. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 76(4), 609-637. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0013164415596420 
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.
Zoski, K., & Jurs, S. (1996). An objective counterpart to the visual scree test for factor analysis: The standard error scree. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 56(3), 443–451. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164496056003006 

Conferences and Symposia

Çetin, S. & Yalçın, O. (2020, Eylül 16-19). Geniş ölçekli sınavların ölçme ve değerlendirme süreçlerinin görme engelli bireyler açısından incelenmesi [Sözlü bildiri]. Uluslararası Pegem Eğitim Kongresi, 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.

Cetin, S. & Yalçın, O. (2020, September 16-19). Examination of the measurement and evaluation processes of large-scale exams in terms of visually impaired individuals [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). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri (26. baskı). 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.
Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2009). Multivariate data analysis (7th ed.). Pearson.
Turgut, M. F. & Baykul, Y. (2012). Eğitimde ölçme ve değerlendirme (4. baskı). Pegem Akademi.

Book with Editor
Atılgan, H. (Ed.). (2017). Eğitimde ölçme ve değerlendirme (10. baskı). Anı.
Thorndike, R. M., & Thorndike-Christ, T. (Eds.). (2014). Measurement and evaluation in pschology and education (8th ed.). Pearson.

Translated Book
DeVellis, R. F. (2014). Ölçek geliştirme kuram ve uygulamalar (Çev. T. Totan, 3. baskı). Nobel. (Orijinal çalışma 2012 yılında yayımlandı.)

Book Section with Editors
Başokçu, T. O. (2019). Ölçme sonuçlarının nitelikleri: Ölçme hatası, güvenirlik, geçerlik ve kullanışlılık. N. Doğan (Ed.), Eğitimde ölçme ve değerlendirme içinde (ss. 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.

Report
Dwyer, E. E. (1993). Attitude scale construction: A review of the literature (Report No. ED359201). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED359201 
Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı (MEB). (2017a). Akademik becerilerin izlenmesi ve değerlendirilmesi (ABİDE) 2016 8. sınıflar raporu. https://odsgm.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2017_11/30114819_iY-web-v6.pdf 
Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı (MEB). (2017b). İzleme değerlendirme raporu 2016. http://odsgm.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2017_06/23161120_2016_izleme_degYerlendirme_raporu.pdf 
Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı (MEB). (2019). PISA 2018 Türkiye ön raporu (Rapor No. 10). http://www.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2019_12/03105347_PISA_2018_Turkiye_On_Raporu.pdf 

Unpublished Thesis
Bıkmaz, Ö. (2011). Üst düzey zihinsel özelliklerin ölçülmesinde puanlayıcılar arası güvenirlik belirleme tekniklerinin karşılaştırılması [Yüksek lisans tezi]. Hacettepe Üniversitesi.
Spence, P. D. (1996). The effect of multidimensionality on unidimensional equating with item response theory [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida.

Thesis Published and Accessed from a Database
Ayan, C. (2018). Bilişsel tanı modelinde geleneksel ve bilgisayarlı sınıflamalı test uygulamalarının psikometrik özelliklerinin karşılaştırılması [Doktora tezi, Ankara Üniversitesi]. 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.
SAS Instutite. (2015). Statistical analysis software (version 9.4) [Computer software]. SAS Institute.

General Features
- The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English.
- Articles should not exceed 30 pages including all sections.
- Articles should include Turkish and English abstract, keywords (4-5 words at the end of each abstract), introduction, method, findings, conclusion and discussion, and references.
- The main article file should not contain any information about the authors.
- The names and surnames, positions and titles, institution names, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses of all researchers mentioned in the article should be specified in the author information file (title page) to be uploaded separately. One of the researchers should be indicated as "corresponding author". It must be accepted by all researchers that this author can take decisions on behalf of other authors on issues related to the article when necessary.
- Care should be taken to ensure that the expressions in the article are clear and understandable. For articles written in Turkish, care should be taken to use the Turkish equivalents of the words.
- The equivalents of Turkish words to be used for the first time in the field in their original languages should be given in parentheses.
Uploading the article to the system
- The articles can be uploaded online by registering to the system on our journal's website.
- No fee is charged for the publication of the articles.

During submission, the following commitment is obtained from the author electronically:
1. I am authorised/authorised by the co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The article is original, has not been officially published in another peer-reviewed journal, has not been reviewed by any other journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is accepted for editorial publication, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
4. Copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or employer(s) of the author(s), if any, are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there are no criminal or illegal statements in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods are used while conducting the research.