Ugur Sak

Ugur Sak (born 22 March 1973 in Kirsehir) is a Turkish social scientist and the founder of the Center for High-Ability Education at Anadolu University where he was a chair professor of graduate studies in gifted education and currently works as a professor of special education. He is the founder of the first Turkish intelligence scale, ASISSahin, M.D. (2020). Fitting a Mixture Rasch Model to Visual Sequential Processing Memory Sub-dimension of ASIS: The Role of Covariates. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education 13(2):277-285. DOI:10.26822/iejee.2021.190.
Sak is the Editor-in-Chief of Gifted Education International and an Executive Committee member of the Asia Pacific Federation on Giftedness APFG Executive Committee Members. (n.d.). 2014-2021.https://www.apfggiftedness.org/static.php?p_id=3, and a member of the Qualification Committee of the European Talent Support NetworkETSN.(n.d). Qualification Committee. Retrieved on July 29, 2021. https://www.apfggiftedness.org/static.php?p_id=3. 
== Biography ==
Sak received a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Arizona, and a master's degree in special education from Arizona State University. 
In 2006, Sak followed a professorship with the Department of Special Education at Anadolu University. From 2007 to 2010, he led a TUBITAK project in cooperation with Anadolu University on the identification and education of gifted students. The project led to the foundation of the Research Center for High-Ability Education (ÜYEP). 
In 2012, Sak advised Turkish parlementars on a national strategic plan on the education of gifted students TÜRKİYE BÜYÜK MİLLET MECLİSİ.2012.Üstün Yetenekli Çocukların Keşfi,Eğitimleriyle İlgili Sorunların Tespiti ve Ülkemizin Gelişimine Katkı Sağlayacak Etkin İstihdamlarının Sağlanması Amacıyla Kurulan MECLİS ARAŞTIRMASI KOMİSYONU RAPORU and led a working group in the development of the national strategic plan on the education of gifted students organized by the Turkish Ministry of Education and Çocuk Vakfı Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Özel Yetenekliler Eğitimi Çalıştay Raporu, 21-22 January 2019, Ankara. https://www.cocukvakfi.org.tr/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/%C3%87ALI%C5%9ETAY-RAPORU.pdf.
In 2015, Sak began a nationwide project supported by Anadolu University and the Turkish Ministry of Education to develop, test and norm the first Turkish intelligence scale. Completed in 2017, the Anadolu Sak Intelligence Scale became the first national intelligence scale Yenioğlu, S , Sayar, K , Köse, H , Güner Yıldız, N . (2019). Türkiye’de Özel Eğitim Alanında Değerlendirme Süreci. Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi , 27 (6) , 2729-2746 . DOI: 10.24106/kefdergi.3100. 
In 2018, as a Principal Investigator, Sak worked with a team of researchers and teachers to develop the first national curriculum for K12 gifted students in TurkeyTUBITAK. (n.d). ULAKBIM Özel Yetenekliler Öğretim Programları Geliştirme 2. Çalıştayı. Retrieved on July 29, 2021.https://ulakbim.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/haber/ozel-yetenekliler-ogretim-programlari-gelistirme-2-calistayi-gerceklestirildi . This project was funded by the Turkish Ministry of Education and operated by TUBITAK and completed in 2018. However, the curriculum has never been used in schools due to political changes in the Ministry of Education.
== Honors and awards ==
Sak was endowed a visiting professorship at the University of Western Ontario and a fellowship by TUBITAK in 2020. He received a graduate scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Education for his graduate education in the USA in 1999. He was awarded as the best academician of the year 2016 in education by Egitim Tercihi in collaboration with Artı EducationEgitim Tercihi. (2016).3. Yılın Eğitimde Başarı Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu. Retrieved from https://www.egitimtercihi.com/gundem/19738-3-y-l-n-egitimde-basar-oeduelleri-sahiplerini-buldu.html 
Category:1973 births
Category:Turkish social scientists
Category:People from Kırşehir