The Usak University Journal of Educational Research is an open access, free of charge, double-blind peer-reviewed, international scientific journal published online in the field of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education. The journal, which has been published three times a year (April, August, and December) since 2015, publishes articles written in Turkish or English. Adopting a scientific research-oriented approach, the journal aims to produce original scientific ideas and thoughts, identify problems, and develop solution suggestions in the fields of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education.
The Usak University Journal of Educational Research takes into consideration original articles that investigate problems and offer solutions in the field of educational sciences at the preschool, primary school, secondary school, high school, university, graduate, and adult education levels. The journal's focus areas are:
Teacher Education; Computer and Instructional Technologies Education; Open and Distance Learning Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics; Measurement and Evaluation in Education; Biology Education; Science Education; Physics Education; Chemistry Education; Mathematics Education; Special Education and Disabled Education; Special Talented Education; Psychological Counseling and Guidance; Early Childhood Education; Primary education; Adult Education, Classroom Education; Geography Education; Philosophy Education; Social Studies Education; History Education; Turkish Education; Higher Education Studies; Other Studies on Education
Manuscripts submitted to the Usak University Journal of Educational Research should adhere to the journal's writing guidelines detailed below and the Manuscript Writing Template. Prior to review, all manuscripts receive preliminary evaluation for both their format and content. Manuscripts that do not comply with the article writing template are not considered for review.
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Keywords should contain a minimum of five words that reflect the study's integrity and should be written consistently under the "Keywords" headings. They should be in 9-point font, single-spaced, left-justified, and the first letter of each keyword should be capitalized.
The second-level heading should be justified to the left side, bold, 10 pt, with 6 pt. spacing before and after. The first letter of every word should be capitalized, and the rest should be in lowercase letter.
In this section, it should be stated who the study group consists of and how it was selected, and if possible, demographic information about the participants should be presented in a table. Information about the characteristics, development, validity, and reliability of the data collection tool(s) used in the research should be given. The statistical techniques used in the analysis of the data, the purpose of their use, the significance levels used, and the stages of content analysis and thematic analysis should be detailed.
Information about the ethics committee's approval of the research (name of the committee, date, and number) should be stated on the last page of the article and should also be explained in the method section.
Tables
The table should not exceed the page dimensions. The title and content of the table should be in Calibri body font, 10 pt, with the first word in upper case and the rest in lower case. The font can be reduced if needed. For the text within the table, it should be in 10-point size and should be set without spaces before and after the lines. Initial letters should be capitalized in table titles. Horizontal lines should be used in tables; abbreviations and footnote explanations should be given below the table.
Table 1. Distribution of Participants' Education Level (Table title left justified, italicized and capitalized, 6 pt. spacing before and after)Education | n | % |
Anatolian High School | 79 | 86.8 |
Other high schoolsa | 12 | 13.2 |
aOther high schools: Science High School, Imam Hatip High School, Vocational High School
When reporting results based on statistical techniques in the findings, abbreviations related to statistical test techniques should be italicized in the text and in the table (e.g., t, F, sd, r, p) and a period (such as 2.56; .05; .01) should be used instead of a comma when reporting decimal numerical results.
Figures
Figure 1. Title of the Image (Figure captions are centered, italicized and capitalized, 6 pt. spacing before and after)
In-text Citation:
Citations in the Reference Section:
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2016). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Sage publications.
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
*Identify the author, year of publication, title and publisher of the book. Use the same format for both printed books and e-books. Enclose edition information in parentheses after the title, without italics. If the book contains a DOI, include the DOI after the publisher's name in the reference.
For Edited Book:
Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345-359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016
Goldsmith, L. T., & Seago, N. (2011). Using classroom artifacts to focus teachers’ noticing: Affordances and opportunities. In M. G. Sherin, V. R. Jacobs, & R. A. Philipp (Eds.), Mathematics teacher noticing: Seeing through teachers’ eyes (pp. 169-187). New York: Routledge.
*If the chapter has a DOI, include the chapter DOI after the publisher name in the reference. If a chapter without a DOI has a fixed URL to resolve for readers, include it in the reference.
For Unpublished Master’s Thesis;
For unpublished master's thesis and doctoral dissertations, the phrases (Unpublished master's thesis/Unpublished master's thesis) and (Unpublished doctoral dissertation/ Unpublished doctoral dissertation) should appear in parentheses after the title of the thesis and the name and location of the university where the thesis was conducted should be indicated.
Healey, D. (2005). Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and creativity: An investigation into their relationship. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Topuz, F. (2017). The effect of using dynamic geometry software GeoGebra for teaching of "Circle and Disc" on the 7th grade students' achievement, attitudes towards geometry and retention level in learning. (Unpublished master's thesis). Usak University, Türkiye.
For paper presented at the Conference or Symposium:
For papers presented at conferences, symposiums, and congresses, it is necessary to provide the date, title of the paper presented, presentation type (abstract/poster), scientific meeting name, city, and country where it was held. If the abstracts contain a web link, they should be included.
Cacioppo, S. (2019, April 25–28). Evolutionary theory of social connections: Past, present, and future. Paper presented at the Ninety-ninth annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA, United States. Retrieved from https://westernpsych.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WPA-Program-2019-Final-2.pdf
Birgin, O., & Demirören, K. (2017, September 14-16). Investigating the performance of seventh and eighth grade middle school students on algebraic expressions. Paper presented at the I. International Congress on Educational Research and Teacher Education, Usak University, Usak.
For Conference Proceedings Book:
Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21
For Institutional Reports and Documents
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (2000). Principles and standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM.
Ministry of National Education (MoNE). (2018). Turkish primary and secondary mathematics curriculum (1-8th grades). Ankara: Republic of the Turkish Ministry of National Education
For Internet Resources:
National Institute of Mental Health (2018, July 15). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e
Horovitz, B. (2021, October 19). Are you ready to move your aging parent into your home? AARP. https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/home-care/info-2021/caregiving-questions.html
*If the journal article does not have volume, issue and/or page numbers (for example, because it is from an online journal), remove the missing items from the reference (as in the Schulman example).
Usak University Journal of Educational Research does not charge any fees from authors or institutions under any name within the scope of article submission and processes. EARDE is an open access, free of charge, double-blind peer-reviewed, international scientific journal.
Articles published in the Usak University Journal of Educational Research are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).