SLAT Quantitative Research Workshop

This workshop, led by Dr. Betül Czerkawski (University of Arizona - College of Information Science), will give an introduction to quantitative methodologies and skills that are necessary for conduction quality research in education and related social science fields. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to provide an overview of how to design quantitative studies that address important and current educational issues, gather data to shed light on these issues, analyze data, and derive conclusions based on the analyses. The strengths and limitations of various educational research designs and the types of instruments used to measure educational outcomes will be discussed as well.

Please note that the time of the workshop is tentative and will be confirmed by November 2025, along with the location information.

Dr. Betül Czerkawski is a professor of instructional design and technology, with a specialization in digital humanities. She is also a faculty member at the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program at UA. Dr. Czerkawski has taught and researched at the higher education level in a variety of roles, as a Professor, Program Director, Fulbright Grant Manager, Fulbright Specialist, Fulbright Scholar, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Distance Education Mentor, Course Designer and Journal Editor for more than two decades. Her research interests include learning design, foreign language instruction and development of online learning experiences with the use of emerging technologies. She has presented and published over 100 peer-reviewed papers on these subjects.