Contributors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts of no more than ten pages. Longer ones will not be accepted for publication. If the contribution is published, the author(s) will receive one gratis copy of the published version of the article.
Four copies of the manuscripts, one of which is the original, should be sent to the Advisory Board. An electronic form of the manuscript should also be sent to egitimfa@hacettepe.edu.tr. In order for the Editorial Board to respond to the author(s) in a timely manner, the author(s) should add their e-mail addresses to the first page of their manuscripts.
A final copy of the manuscript saved in a floppy disk should be sent to the Editorial Board after being screened and accepted by reviewers, and screened by the author(s) for the necessary corrections. It is strongly recommended that the file name in the floppy disk should be same as the name written on the label of the disk.
The contributor(s) can download a manuscript template from www.egitimfa.hacettepe.edu.tr in which they can just write their essay. The articles should be designed based on the following guidelines:
I. Title
a. The title should be written in an informative but short form (no more than 12 words). It should be written in capital letters (in bold) with 12 font size using ¡®centered¡¯ sentence alignment. In addition, for the articles written in Turkish, an English version of the title and for the articles written in other languages both English and Turkish versions of the title should be written right under the original title.
b. The name(s) of the author(s) should be clearly written using small letters (using 11 font size) and the last name(s) should be in capital letters. The name(s) should be centered.
c. The title(s) of the author(s) with the name of the institution they work for, if any, the name of the university, laboratory, or institution, and e-mail address(es) should be emphasized as a footnote in the first page of the article.
II. Abstract
Every article should have a Turkish and English abstract right after the author name(s) at first page. If written in Turkish the word "ÖZET"; otherwise, the word "ABSTRACT" should be placed at the beginning. The abstract should be no more than 150 words and be written with 9 font size. Every article should have at least three keywords both in English and in Turkish.
III. The Form of Main and Sub-Sections
Main titles should be written in capital letters and the sub-titles should be in small letters and bold. Main sections should include the following in order: INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, and IMPLICATIONS / CONCLUSIONS.
IV. References
References should be in line with APA 5 (American Psychological Association) style. For the references with more than one author, ¡°&¡± symbol should be used before giving the surname of the last author.
1. Citations in the Manuscripts
a. One Author
¡¤ Ozay (1991),¡
¡¤ According to Ozay (1991), ¡
¡¤ (Ozay, 1991)
b. Two Authors
¡¤ Akyol and Ulucan (1992), ¡
¡¤ According to Akyol and Ulucan (1992),¡
¡¤ (Akyol and Ulucan, 1992).
c. Three-to-five Authors
¡¤ The last names of the authors should be given in the priority order as opposed to grammatical one as follows: (Oishi, Diener, Lucas & Suh, 1992).
¡¤ To cite the same work for the second time, write the last name of the first author and use the abbreviation ¡®et al.¡¯ in place of the rest of the authors as follows: (Ulusoy et. al., 1999).
d. Six and More Authors
Use the last name of first author and the abbreviation ¡°et al." [e.g, (Akca et. al, 2002). However, in the references section, give a full citation without any abbreviations.
e. Citing Institutions
When referring to an institutional work, use the complete name of the institution with its short form in brackets and the year next to it as shown in the following example: (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2004)
f. Citing Authors Sharing the Same Last Name
In order to distinguish the authors sharing the same last name, use the first letter of their names as in the following sense: ¡°G. Underwood (1998) and J. D. Underwood (1999) emphasized this issue in their research.
If the same author has more than one article published during the same year, add a letter next to the year to make the distinction: (Berke, 2002a); (Berke, 2002b).
g. Citing More Than One Work at the Same Time
Use the alphabetical order based on the last names of the authors: The research (Kamil, 1997; Kara, 1996; Keskin, 1996) regarding this issue reveals that ¡
2. Bibliography Samples
2.1. Books
When writing book name (except for the private names), make the first letter capital only.
a. With One Author
Rogers, E. (2003). Diffusion of innovation. New York: Free Press.
b. With Multiple Authors
¡¤ Up to six authors, write all the last names with the first letter of their names appended:
Stigler, J. W., and Hiebert, J. (1999). The teaching gap: Best ideas from the world¡¯s teachers for improving education in the classrooms. New York, NY: The Free Press.
¡¤ If there are more than six authors, write all the last names with the first letter of their names appended for the first six authors and use the abbreviation ¡°et. al.¡± for the rest of the authors.
Roeder, K., Howdeshell, J., Fulton, L., Lonchhead, M., Craig, K., Peterson, R., et. al. (1967). Nerve cells and insect behavior. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
c. Edited Books
De Vaney, A., Stephan, G. and Ma, Y. (Ed.). (2000). Technology & resistance. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
d. Book Sections
McIsaac, S., Aşkar, P. and Akkoyunlu, B. (2000). Computer links to the west: Experiences from
Turkey. (Eds. Ann de Vanney et. al.) Technology and resistance (pp. 153 ¨C 165). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
e. Books Written by Institutions
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000). Principles and standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
2.2. Articles
a. Journal Article
Battista, M. T. (1999). Fifth graders¡¯ enumaration of cubes in 3D arrays: Conceptual progress in an inquiry based classroom. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30(4), 417-448.
b. Newspaper
Author, A. (January DD, YYYY). Name of the article. Name of the newspaper. N. 4.
2.3. Other Published Resources
a. Encyclopedia
Donanım. (1998). Bilgi D¨¹nyasına Yolculuk (Second Ed., volume 15, pp. 413-418). Ankara: 3B Publications.
b. Report
Draude, B. ve Brace, S. (1998) Assessing the impact of technology on teaching and learning: Student perspectives. (HS Report.No. 81). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
c. Electronic Resources
Use the following link to learn about citations regarding electronic resources: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html. What follows is a set of most commonly used reference types.
i. Online Periodical
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (2000). Title of article. Title of Periodical, issue number, page numbers. Retrieved month day, year, from source.
ii. Online Document
Author, A. A. (2000). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from source.
iii. E-mail
Since e-mails are private, they are not used as references. However, in order to cite an e-mail note, you should do the following:
In one of the meetings with I. O. Zembat, he emphasized his agreement on this issue. (I. O. Zembat, e-mail to the author, 10.11.2004).
iv. Elektronic References
Beggs, S. (2000). Influences and barriers to the adoption of instructional technology. http://www.mtsu.edu/-itconf/proceed00/beggs.htm [October 20, 2003].
d. Conference Proceedings
McDonald, J. T. (2002, January). Using problem based learning a in science methods course. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, Charlotte, USA.
e. Articles from secondary sources or indexes:
Mead, J. V. (1992). Looking at old photographs: Investigating the teacher tales that novice teachers bring with them (Report No. NCRTL-RR-92-4). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED346082).
Borman, W. C., Hanson, M.A., Oppler, S. H., Pulakos, E. D., & White, L. A. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2000, from PsycARTICLES database.
Fournier, M., de Ridder, D., & Bensing, J. (1999). Optimism and adaptation to multiple sclerosis: What does optimism mean? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 303-326. Abstract retrieved October 23, 2000, from PsycINFO database.
2.4. Dissertations
Zembat, İ. O. (2004). Conceptual development of prospective elementary teachers: The case of division of fractions, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, unpublished PhD thesis.
Bower, D. L. (1993). Employee assistant programs supervisory referrals: Characteristics of referring and nonreferring supervisors. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54 (01), 534B. (UMI No. 9315947)
V. Diagrams
The given diagrams and graphs should be no bigger than 13 cm x 18 cm and should be in the form that can be published on white paper.
Micrographs, radiographs and photographs should be placed on black-white glaring paper. There should be a number and subtitle for the big diagrams. If a citation is used for the diagrams, it should be given within parentheses under the diagram. See the Publication Manual (2001, pp. 176-201) for detailed examples.
VI. Tables
Table number should be written on the top of the table on the left with indentation and the caption should follow that. Do not create tables with certain restrictions and only use the table menu in M.S. Word. Tables should be given with their numbers when being referred to in sentences. Paragraphs that follow the tables from the bottom and no sentences should be placed on the sides of the tables. Table contents should be written with 10 font size.
VI. Extended English Abstract
The authors (when writing their manuscripts) should add a 750-1000 phrase-long extended English abstract following the ¡®References¡¯ section. It should be written single-spaced, with ¡°Times New Roman¡± character, with 11 font size.
This abstract should include a detailed summary of the main sections in the article. However, it should be written as one column (one whole section) and should not include subsections. Even though the limit for the complete manuscript is six thousand words six thousand words (about ten pages) , that limitation does not include the extended abstract.
In order to count the number of phrases in the extended abstract you inserted, once you chose the written section, you can go to ¡°Tools¡± menu under which you can click on ¡°Word Count¡± option. In the pop-up window, the number next to the ¡°phrases¡± shows you the number of phrases your abstract has.
Questions should be directed to:
Ayhan YILMAZ (Vice Dean)
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education and Editor-in-chief,
Beytepe/ANKARA, 06532 - Turkey
egitimfa@hacettepe.edu.tr
http://www.efdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr