The Effect of Reflective Thinking Skills Training on Measurement and Assessment Processess of Turkish as a Foreign Language Teachers

The overall aim of this research is teaching reflective thinking skills to a teacher who teaches Turkish as a foreign language and to contribute development of measurement and evaluation skills of teacher. The study has a qualitative action research design. The study group consist of one (1) instructor from Istanbul Ayd？n University. The criterion sampling approach was preferred from the purposeful sampling methods. The implementation is eight weeks. Reflective diary (6 question), self-evaluation form (1question), semi-structured interview form (7 questions), peer evaluation form (6 question) were used as data collection tool. In the data analysis, descriptive analysis and content analysis were used. The validity and reliability of the study was provided by field-expert’s opinions and inter-rater reliability. The inter-coder agreement was 0,82. Some important results of the research are as follows: The teacher in the study group developed reflective thinking skills at different levels after eight weeks