My main research interest is multiple-choice items and test development. I focus on the influence of item writing techniques on item validity and reliability. I am also interested in the study of supplementary education. I explore causes and outcomes of private tutoring by using nationally representative data in Turkey, drawn from Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) made available by OECD. I specialize in advanced quantitative methods and large datasets.

Assoc. Dr. Mustafa Cem Babadoğan is an academician working at Ankara University, Faculty of Educational Sciences. After completing his undergraduate education at Ankara University Faculty of Education, he obtained his master's and doctorate degrees at the same university, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. His research areas include educational programs, teaching methods and educational technologies. Assoc. Prof. has written many academic articles and book chapters. Dr. Babadoğan also made presentations at national and international conferences and took part in educational projects.

Amal BouZeineddine has earned her doctoral degree in Bilingual Education from Boston University in Massachusetts, United States of America. She is the Acting Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning at the American University of Beirut and a full-time faculty member in the Department of Education at the University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in elementary education with focus on teaching of language arts, curriculum design and children’s literature.

Dr. BouZeineddine is the chair of the Practice Teaching Committee, Chair of the Comprehensive Examination-Elementary Education and was Chair of Revising the undergraduate program in Elementary Education. In addition, Dr. BouZeineddine is a field editor for the Turkish Journal of Education (TURJE) Editorial Board: Foreign Language Education. In addition, Dr. BouZeineddine has completed two program reviews for Mohammad Bin Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2021.

Dr. BouZeineddine has been a consultant for educational institutions and has conducted in-service training and professional development activities for both pre-university and higher education faculty in Lebanon and the region in places such as Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, KSA, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Sudan.

Dr. BouZeineddine’s research interests and experience include assessing learning outcomes at both the program and course levels. Her passion is in children’s literature where she published 4 books in Arabic for children. In addition, she developed and reviewed research-based training manuals.

Dr. BouZeineddine is the co-founder and the organizer of the Education Pledge Ceremony, the Educators’ Award and founder of the Award for Excellence in Practice Teaching. She has also attended and given presentations in international conferences.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş completed his undergraduate education in Educational Sciences at Istanbul University (2009) and his doctorate in Educational Administration at Michigan State University (2014). Bellibaş, who became an Associate Professor in 2017, became a Professor in the field of Educational Sciences in 2024. Prof. Bellibaş currently works for the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Prof. Bellibaş has more than 50 articles published in journals indexed in respected national and international directories. Prof. Bellibaş's research area is educational administration.

Professor COŞTU, completed his undergraduate education in 1998 at Karadeniz Technical University in the Chemistry Education Department of Fatih Education Faculty. He completed his master's degree in 2002 in the Chemistry Education Program of the Institute of Science at Karadeniz Technical University, and in 2006, and PhD in the same department. From 1999 to 2009. He held positions as Research Assistant, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor in the Chemistry Education Department at Fatih Education Faculty of Karadeniz Technical University. From 2009 to 2012, he worked as an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Education Department of Buca Education Faculty at Dokuz Eylül University, and from 2012 to 2014, he worked as an Associate Professor in the Science Education Department at Yıldız Technical University. Since 2014, he has been working as a Professor in the Science Education Department at Yıldız Technical University. His main areas of research include concept teaching, misconceptions, conceptual change, science history and philosophy. He has published around 200 papers in refereed journals and presented at conferences. Additionally, he has actively participated in numerous scientific research projects. Furthermore, he has authored and edited textbooks, served as chapter authors, and held editorial and board membership positions in many national and international journals. He is married and has three children.

Uşak Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Temel Eğitim Bölümü öğretim üyesi.

Uzmanlık Alanları: Türkçe Eğitimi, İlk Okuma Yazma Eğitimi

Dr. Şule Güçyeter, Türkiye'de Uşak Üniversitesi'nde Özel Eğitim Bölümü Özel Yetenekliler Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı'nda Doçent olarak görev yapmaktadır. Yüksek lisans ve doktora eğitimini Özel Eğitim, Özel Yetenekliler Eğitimi alanında yapmıştır. Üstün zekâ/özel yetenek kavramları, üstün zekâlı ve yetenekli öğrencilerin tanılanması, matematik yeteneği, 2e, üstün zekâlı öğrencilerin psikolojik özellikleri, yaratıcı ve eleştirel düşünme konularıyla ilgilenmektedir. Özel eğitim ve özel yetenekliler eğitimi alanında yayınlanmış makale ve kitap bölümleri bulunmaktadır. Araştırmacının ulusal ve uluslararası kongrelerde sunulmuş sözlü bildirileri de vardır.Türk Eğitim Dergisi'nin alan editörlüğünün yanı sıra, Gifted Education International'ın editör/inceleme kurulunda görev yapmaktadır. 2016'dan beri Asya Pasifik Üstün Yetenekliler Federasyonu'nda Türkiye delegesidir.

Dr. Şule Güçyeter is an Associate Professor in the Special Education Department, Gifted and Talented Division at the Usak University, in Türkiye. She received her Master’s and Ph.D. degree in special education (with an emphasis in gifted and talented education). Dr. Güçyeter is especially interested in conceptions of giftedness, identification of gifted and talented students, math talent, 2e, psychological characteristics of gifted students, and creative thinking. Beside her role as the field editor of Turkish Journal of Education, she is serving on the editorial/review board Gifted Education International. She has been a delegate of Türkiye in the Asia Pacific Federation on Giftedness since 2016. 

Atatürk Üniversitesi Kazım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi Sınıf Öğretmenliği Bölümü’nden (1998) yılında mezun oldu. (2001) yılında sosyal bilgiler eğitimi bilim dalında yüksek lisans ve (2006) yılında da sosyal bilgiler eğitimi alanında doktora öğrenimini tamamladı. 1998-2003’te öğretmen olarak görev yaptı. 2003 yılında Atatürk Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Sınıf Öğretmenliğinde araştırma görevlisi, 2007 yılında Yardımcı Doçent 2013 yılında Doçent olarak atanan Nalçacı 2016 yılana kadar Atatürk Üniversitesi’nde görev yaptı. 2017’de Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Anabilim Dalına Doçent 2019 yılında profesör olarak atanan Nalçacı görevine devam etmektedir.

Betül TEKEREK, 1984 Konya doğumludur. 2006 yılında Selçuk Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim Matematik Öğretmenliği bölümünde lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 2010 yılında Selçuk Üniversitesi İlköğretim Matematik Öğretmenliğinde yüksek lisans ve 2016 yılında ODTÜ İlköğretim alanında doktora derecesini almıştır. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Matematik ve Fen Bilimleri Eğitimi Bölümü Matematik Eğitimi Ana Bilim Dalında öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır.  Matematik öğretiminde yeni yaklaşımlar, STEM eğitimi, matematik öğretmen eğitimi alanlarında çalışmalar yapmaktadır.

Hakan Tuzun is a Professor in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. His current work involves the design of rich learning environments, frequently with the aid of technology but also by considering the culture of the learners and the communities they are part of.

Yunus Emre Akbana İngiliz Dili Eğitimi üzerine çalışmalar yürütmektedir.

Şerife Durna is a lecturer at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University. She graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of English Language Teaching in 2000, then she completed her master's degree in English Language Teaching at Çağ University with a scholarship and she continues her PhD in English Language and Literature at Erciyes University. She also completed her master's degree in Sociology at Istanbul University and in Sociology of Religion at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University. Her academic interests are intercultural competence, inclusive education, teaching foreign languages to young children, teacher development and English as a foreign language.