Project Experiences

Project title: Exploring Faculty Motivation and Practices Using Universal Design for Instruction in Introductory Statistics/Data Science Classrooms

PI: Dr. Maria Tackett

Co-Investigators: Dr. Sinem Demirci

Funded by: American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and Data Science Education Member Initiative Grant

Role & time spent: Co-Investigator, 16.12.2024 – Present


Project title: Exploring the Role of Curiosity in Learning Statistics

PI: Dr. Beth Chance

Co-Investigators: Dr. Sinem Demirci, Visruth Srimath Kandali – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Partners/Collaborators: Ranjani Grove - University of Washington, David Wilcox - The Lawrenceville School, Uma Ravat - UC Santa Barbara

Role & time spent: Co-Investigator, 29.10.2024 - Present


Project title: Coastal California Classroom Initiative – Exploring the Impact of Sonification on Identifying Skewed Distributions in Introductory Statistics

PI: Jeanine Scaramozzino – Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Co-Investigators: Dr. Julia Schedler, Dr. Sinem Demirci – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Partners/Collaborators: Donya Ava Behroozi, Annica Wu, Josh Schneider, Aaron C. Liggett, – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Funded by: CET Seed Grants

Role & time spent: Co-Investigator, 2024 - 2025


Project title: Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Data Science Education: An Assessment of Readiness to Teach Data Science in Higher Education

Principle Investigator: Dr Sinem Demirci

Co-PI: Dr Mine Dogucu – University College London

Collaborators: Dr Joshua M. Rosenberg – University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Dr Andrew Zieffler – University of Minnesota

Funded by: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye, TÜBİTAK

Sponsored by: University College London

Time spent: Principal Investigator, 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023


Project title: Copten Gubreye 3 [ From Waste to Fertilizer 3 - Composting]

Principal Investigator: Dr. Serap Bilen (METU, Society and Science Application and Research Center)

Supported by: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TUBİTAK

Role & time spent: Trainer, 08.04.2019 - 19.04.2019

Project No: 218B226


Project title: Copten Gubreye! [ From Waste to Fertilizer 1 - Composting]

Principal Investigator: Dr. Serap Bilen (METU, Society and Science Application and Research Center)

Supported by: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TUBİTAK

Role & time spent: Trainer, 09.10.2017 - 30.10.2017

Project No: 117B056


Project title: University Students’ Beliefs on Human Population Growth

Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elvan Sahin (METU, Dept. of Science and Mathematics Education)

Supported by: Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, Middle East Technical University

Role & time spent: Researcher, 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2013

Project No: BAP-07-03-2013-010


Project title: In-service Science Teachers’ Teaching Experiences on Atomic Models within the context of History of Science

Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elvan Şahin (METU, Dept. of Science and Mathematics Education)

Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Ayhan Yilmaz - Hacettepe University

Res. Assist. Sinem Demirci - Middle East Technical University

Supported by: Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, Middle East Technical

Role & time spent: Researcher, 1.1.2015 -31.12.2015

Project No: BAP-05-06-2015-001