Awards

METU Outstanding Performance Award. Middle East Technical University, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999. 

Parlar Foundation Thesis of the Year Award. Connecting Science Communication to Science Education: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Multimodal Science Information Sources Among 4th and 5th Graders (Student: Sevinc Gelmez Burakgazi), 2013 

European Conference of Educational Research Paper Award. Swiss Educational Research Society, Switzerland (2006) 

Journal of Career and Technical Education Vol. 18 Outstanding Article Award. Yildirim, A. & Simsek, H. (2001). A Qualitative Assessment of Curriculum Development Process at Secondary Vocational Schools in Turkey. Journal of Career and Technical Education, 18(1), 19-31. 

Parlar Foundation Thesis of the Year Award. A Case Study of Instructional Supervision at a Private School. Ph.D. Thesis. Ankara: Middle East Technical University. (Student: Ayse Bas-Collins), 2000 

Outstanding Paper Award. Department of Curriculum and Teaching Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1993 (American Educational Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1993. Paper: Teachers' Theoretical Orientations toward Teaching Thinking.) 

Project Milestone Outstanding Student Award. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1991 

Professional Development Incentive Award. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1988-1990 

Turkish Government Scholarship. Ministry of National Education, Ankara, 1987-1992