TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Tülay Sarar Kuzu Professor Ahmet Demir Professor Abdurrahman Güzel Assistant Professor Nihal Yavuz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Knows the principles and rutes of scientific reporting and applies in his works 2) Develops research proposals 3) Examines scientific researchs with on elective view
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Scientific reporting, science, scientific method, research, hypothesis, assumption, research proposal, searching literature, patterns (descriptive and correlational research), empirical patterns (single factoral and multi-factoral patterns), population, sample ans examplification methods and data collection methods
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Talking about the sylabus, scientific reporting, principles and rules 2nd Week Principles and rules in scientific reporting 3rd Week Variables, patterns, science, scientific methods 4th Week Research, types of research, writing research proposal, choosing and identifying problem 5th Week Research question/hypothesizing, the importance of the research, limitations, hypothesis ans definitions 6th Week Patterns, interviewing about the reserach proposals 7th Week Empirical patterns, interviewing about the reserach proposals 8th Week Mid-term Exam 9th Week Searching in the library 10th Week Populationb and sample, types of exemplification, interviewing about the reserach proposals 11th Week Questionnaire, observation and interview 12th Week Validity, reliability, interviewing about the reserach proposals 13th Week Qualitative researches, analyzing a thesis 14th Week analyzing a thesis
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Anderson, G. (1990).Fundamentals of educational researh.. London: Falmer Press APA (American Psychological Association). (2001). Publication manual (Fifth edition). Washington. Balcı, A. (1997). Sosyal bilimlerde araştırma (İkinci baskı). Ankara: 72 TDFO Bilgisayar-Yayıncılık. Borg, W. & Gall, M.D. (1989). Educational research: An introduction (Fifth edition). New York: Longman. Büyüköztürk, Ş. (2001). Deneysel desenler: Öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu desen ve veri analizi. Ankara: Pegem Yayınları. Hovardaoğlu, S. (1994). Davranış bilimleri için istatistik. Ankara: Hatipoğlu Yayınları. Hovardaoğlu, S. (2000). Davranış bilimleri için araştırma teknikleri. Ankara: Ve-Ga Basım Yayın Dağıtım. Karasar, N. (1982). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemi: Kavramlar, ilkeler, teknikler. Ankara. Kirk, R.E. (1982). Experimental design: Procedures for the behavioral sciences (Second edition). Belmont: Brooks Cole. Robson,C. (1993). Real world research: A research for social scientist and practitoner-researchers. Oxford:Blackwell Publishers Inc.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 25 Practice 1 25 Project 1 50 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 12 5 60 Preparation for Final exam 1 30 30 Course hours 12 3 36 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No