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Volume 5, issue 4, 2016

Implementing Test Enhanced Learning: Swedish Teacher Students’ Perception of Quizzing pp. 1

Mikaela Nyroos, Ingrid Schele and Carola Wiklund-Hornqvist

Seminar for Master’s Thesis Projects: Promoting Students' Self-Regulation pp. 13

Shirley Miedijensky and Einat Lichtinger

How Old is Old? Employing Elderly Teachers in the Private Sector Schools in Sri Lanka pp. 27

Lokuhetti Arachchige Pavithra Madhuwanthi

Understanding Work-Related Stress and Practice of Professional Self-Care – An Innovative Pedagogical Approach pp. 41

Kenny Kwong

Routine Breakers for Emotionally Active Learning: A Case Study pp. 52

Rosa Munoz-Luna and Antonio Jurado-Navas

The Kind of Knowledge Assessed through Mature Age Entry Admission Tests in Namibia Institutions of Higher Learning: Case Study of the University of Namibia and the Polytechnic of Namibia pp. 63

Lydia Shaketange and Alex Tubawene Kanyimba

Is Our Safety and Security Guaranteed on University of Cape Coast Campus? Undergraduates Students’ Perceptions pp. 75

G. A. Owusu, J. S. Akoto and M. M. Abnory

Contribution to Cultural Organization, Working Motivation and Job Satisfaction on the Performance of Primary School Teacher pp. 86

Murtedjo Murtedjo and Suharningsih Suharningsih

Improving Academic Writing in Nursing Education pp. 96

Janet Mattsson

Experiences of Student Support in the Distance Mode Bachelor of Nursing Science Degree at the University of Namibia pp. 103

Carol Denise Du Plessis, Lucy Alexander, Daniel Opotamutale Ashipala and Esther Kamenye

Flipping the Classroom: A Pedagogical Approach to Applying Clinical Judgment by Engaging, Interacting, and Collaborating with Nursing Students pp. 114

Eva Hava Peisachovich, Susan Murtha, Andria Phillips and Gal Messinger

Water Pollution and Leukemia: A Model for Interdisciplinary Research in the Classroom Experiences Incorporating Effective Pedagogical Approaches for Community College General Biology I Lab Students pp. 122

Na Xu, Holly Porter-Morgan, Nathan Doran and Charles Clifford Keller

Self-Confident Approach in Coping with Stress and Social Appearance Anxiety of Turkish University Students: The Mediating Role of Body Appreciation pp. 134

Orkide Bakalim

Relationship between Psychological Well-Being and Smartphone Addiction of University Students pp. 144

Hatice Kumcagiz and Yuksel Gunduz

Integration of Histology Lectures and Practical Teaching in China pp. 157

Xiaoye Lu, Xin Cheng, Ke Li, Kenneth Ka Ho Lee and Xuesong Yang

What Factors Affect Nursing Students’ Decisions of Whether to Take Rural Jobs: An Exploratory Interview Study in China pp. 165

Yuexian Tao, Elaine Haycock-Stuart and Sheila E. Rodgers

Examining the Branding of Turkish Universities in the Context of Socioeconomic Development of Their Cities pp. 173

Nazife KaradaÄŸ

Training Master’s Thesis Supervisors within a Professional Learning Community pp. 184

Ingrid Fossoy and Frode Olav Haara

Disparities in American Graduate Students’ Tendency to Borrow: Race, Family Background, and Major pp. 194

Lian Niu

The Adaptation of Scale of School as a Caring Community Profile for Secondary School Students into Turkish: Adaptation of School as a Caring Community Scale pp. 206

Sakir Cinkir, K.Funda Nayir and Saadet Kuru Cetin

Introducing a Collaborative E2 (Evaluation & Enhancement) Social Accountability Framework for Medical Schools pp. 216

Jeffrey Kirby, Shawna O'Hearn, Lesley Latham, Bessie Harris, Sharon Davis-Murdoch and Kara Paul

Active Learning and Flipped Classroom, Hand in Hand Approach to Improve Students Learning in Human Anatomy and Physiology pp. 222

Maria Entezari and Mohammad Javdan

The Imports of Overseas Publications and School Ranking in Higher Education: A Feasibility Study pp. 232

Jang Jin

Validating the Need to Include the Economic Returns of Graduates as a Metric of a Higher Education Institutions Level of Sustainability pp. 237

Antonios Maragakis, Andy van den Dobbelsteen and Alexandros Maragakis

Stakeholders Perceptions of a Universal Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education - A Review of Empirical Evidence pp. 247

Antonios Maragakis, Andy van den Dobbelsteen and Alexandros Maragakis

WhatsApp Messaging: Achievements and Success in Academia pp. 255

Davidivitch Nitza and Yavich Roman

Student's Conceptions in Statistical Graph's Interpretation pp. 262

Ida Kukliansky

Teaching Science to Students with Learning and Other Disabilities: A Review of Topics and Subtopics Appearing in Experimental Research 1991-2015 pp. 268

Dionisios Vavougios, Alkistis Verevi, Panagiotis Papalexopoulos, Crystallia-Ioanna Verevi and Athanasia Panagopoulou

Leadership Training Program for Medical Staff in Belgium pp. 281

Neree Claes and Valérie Brabanders

Volume 5, issue 3, 2016

Student Perceptions of Justification in Two Disparate Domains: Education and Biology pp. 1

Christi Lea Dawson, Maeghan N Hennessey and Kelli Higley

Stress in Medical Students in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum pp. 12

Ahmad Dagistani, Fawwaz Al Hejaili, Salih Binsalih, Hamdan Al Jahdali and Abdulla Al Sayyari

The Effect of Mobile Learning on Students' Achievement and Conversational Skills pp. 20

Abdellah Ibrahim Mohammed Elfeky and Thouqan Saleem Yakoub Masadeh

Student Self-Efficacy and Gender-Personality Interactions pp. 32

Lars Fallan and Leiv Opstad

Pedagogical Implications, Possibilities, and Pitfalls of Offering a Semester 3 Credit Course in Nine Consecutive Days pp. 45

Porter E. Coggins, Victoria Hays and Kate Larson

Students’ Perceptions and Faculty Measured Competencies in Higher Education pp. 56

J. Muthiani Malechwanzi, Hongde Lei and Lu Wang

Scientific Skills in Graduate Mexican Students: Curriculum, Mentoring and Institutional Support pp. 70

Angel Alberto Valdés Cuervo, Pedro Antonio Sánchez Escobedo, Etty Haydeé Estévez Nenninger and Silvia Patricia Aquino Zuñiga

Feel the Progress: Second-year Students’ Reflections on Their First-year Experience pp. 79

Telle Hailikari, Robert Kordts-Freudinger and Liisa Postareff

Comparing the Change of Teaching Motivations among Preservice Teachers in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland: Do In-school Learning Opportunities Matter? pp. 91

Johannes König, Martin Rothland, Sarantis Tachtsoglou and Stefan Klemenz

Integrating Faculty Led Service Learning Training to Quantify Height of Natural Resources from a Spatial Science Perspective pp. 104

Daniel Unger, David Kulhavy, Kai Busch-Petersen and I-Kuai Hung

A Study on the Relationship between College Students’ Boredom Tendency and Attribution Style as well as Achievement Motivation pp. 117

Shunqin Yan

The Roots of the Challenge: Undergraduate Chinese Students Adjusting to American College Life pp. 121

Mei-Ling Tung

Enhancing Student Teachers’ Teaching Skills Through a Blended Learning Approach pp. 131

Abeer Abdalhalim Albhnsawy and Ahmed Mahmoud Aliweh

Motivation Management of Project-Based Learning for Business English Adult Learners pp. 137

Xiaoqin Liu

Using ePortfolio’s to Assess Undergraduate Paramedic Students: A Proof of Concept Evaluation pp. 146

Rod Mason and Brett Williams

Investigating Causality between Global Experience and Global Competency for Undergraduates in Contemporary China’s Higher Education: A Transformative Learning Theory Perspective pp. 155

Jian Li and Jinhui Xu

Evaluation of the Processes and Outcomes of Implementing a Competency Model to Foster Research Knowledge Utilization in Education pp. 168

Melodie Briand-Lamarche, Renee Pinard, Pascale Theriault and Christian Dagenais

Qatar's Educational System in the Technology-Driven Era: Long Story Short pp. 182

Ibrahim Mohamad Karkouti

The Development of Biology Teaching Material Based on the Local Wisdom of Timorese to Improve Students Knowledge and Attitude of Environment In Caring the Persevation of Environment pp. 190

Andam S. Ardan

Student Perceptions to Teaching Undergraduate Anatomy in Health Sciences pp. 201

Ryan S Anderton, Li Shan Chiu and Susan Aulfrey

Strengthening Statistics Graduate Programs with Statistical Collaboration - The Case of Hawassa University, Ethiopia pp. 217

Ayele Taye Goshu

The Key Predictors of Success in University in France: What Are the Contributing Factors and Possible New Directions in Educational Research? pp. 222

Amelie Duguet, Marielle Le Mener and Sophie Morlaix

Opportunities and Challenges of Academic Staff in Higher Education in Africa pp. 236

Elijah Dickens Mushemeza

Volume 5, issue 2, 2016

An Exploratory Study Examining Barbadian Students' Knowledge and Awareness of Costs of University of the West Indies Education pp. 1

Nadini Persaud and Indeira Persaud

The Missing Link in Donor Prescribed Educational Reforms: Lack of Ownership (The Case of the World Bank in Ethiopian Higher Education) pp. 12

Habtamu Diriba Garomssa

Incorporating Critical Thinking into an Engineering Undergraduate Learning Environment pp. 23

Desmond Adair and Martin Jaeger

Citizenship Perceptions of University Students pp. 40

Mehmet Fatih Yigit

The Relationship between Organizational Silence and Burnout among Academicians: A Research on Universities in Turkey pp. 46

Uğur Akın and Tarık Ulusoy

Predicting Sense of Efficacy and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction of Teachers from Their Perceptions of the Decision Participation pp. 59

Tran Van Dat

Faculty Attitudes for Changing a University’s Core and Structure pp. 63

Kevin S Krug, Kole W Dickson, Julie A Lessiter and John S Vassar

Do Tanzanian Undergraduate Students Choose or Hunt for their Degree Programmes? pp. 74

Jaqueline Amani

A Conceptual and Procedural Research on the Hierarchical Structure of Mathematics Emerging in the Minds of University Students: An Example of Limit-Continuity-Integral-Derivative pp. 82

Arif Dane, Ömer Faruk Çetin, Fatih Bas and Meryem Özturan Sağırlı

Outcomes Assessment and Quality Enhancement through AACSB Business Accreditation: The Case of the University of Bahrain pp. 92

Lobna Ali Al-Khalifa

Prospective Teachers from Urban Environments Examine Causes of the Achievement Gap in the United States pp. 101

Erik E. Morales

Unified Perspective for Categorization of Educational Quality Indicators from an Accreditation Process View - Relationships between Educational Quality Indicators defined by Accrediting Agencies in México at the institutional and Program Level, and Those pp. 113

Jorge Sosa Lopez, Miguel Alberto Salinas Yañez, Maria Del Rocío Morales Salgado and Maria De Lourdes Reyes Vergara

Primary School Teachers’ Perception on Parental Involment: A Qualitative Case Study pp. 131

Dolgun Aslan

Identification of the Predicator Variables of Candidate Teacher Teaching Motivations pp. 148

Ebru Bozpolat

How to Write An Effective Research Proposal For Higher Degree Research in Higher Education: Lessons From Practice pp. 163

Charles Kivunja

Interdisciplinary Approach: A Lever to Business Innovation pp. 173

Jamil Razmak and Charles H. Belanger

Preservice Science Teachers’ Views on Science-Technology-Society pp. 183

Emel Dikmentepe and Zeha Yakar

How to Improve Students' Comprehension concerning the Major Terms of Functional Groups?--In the Experiment of OrCheTaboo Game pp. 196

Nalan Akkuzu and Melis Arzu Uyulgan

“Mother†in Aytül Akal’s Stories within the Context of Social Gender Perception pp. 213

Oğuzhan Yılmaz and Yasin Mahmut Yakar

Doctoral Student Learning Patterns: Learning about Active Knowledge Creation or Passive Production pp. 222

Jenna Vekkaila and Kirsi Pyhältö

The Effects of Jigsaw Learning on Students’ Knowledge Retention in Vietnamese Higher Education pp. 236

Tran Van Dat

The Effect of Listening Education Course on the Listening Behaviors of Prospective Turkish Teachers pp. 254

Talat Aytan

An Attempt for the Exploration of Academicians’ Experiences of the Standard Foreign Language Tests Held in Turkey through Metaphors pp. 263

SavaÅŸ YeÅŸilyurt

Mediating the Effect of Gratitude in the Relationship between Forgiveness and Life Satisfaction among University Students pp. 275

Ahu Arıcioglu

Geography Teachers’ Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Classroom Management pp. 283

Yurdal Dikmenli and Taner Çä°fã‡ä°

Teachers’ Rooms Environmental Assessment Scale: Development and Psychometric Evaluation pp. 292

Suna Arslan

Volume 5, issue 1, 2016

Coping Styles with Student Misbehavior as Mediators of Teachers’ Classroom Management Strategies pp. 1

Tran Van Dat

The Relationship between Socio-Demographics and Stress Levels, Stressors, and Coping Mechanisms among Undergraduate Students at a University in Barbados pp. 11

Nadini Persaud and Indeira Persaud

Decision Making for Chinese Students to Receive their Higher Education in the U.S pp. 28

Chiangnan Chao

The Impact of The University Students’ Level Of Alienation on Their Perception of General Satistaction pp. 38

Ilhan Kacire

Improving Astronomy Achievement and Attitude through Astronomy Summer Project: A Design, Implementation and Assessment pp. 47

Cumhur TÃœRK, Hüseyin Kalkan, Nazan OCAK Ä°skelelä° and Kasım KIROÄžLU

The Constructivist Approach? I have Heard about it but I have never Seen it “An Example of Exploratory Sequential Mixed Design Study†pp. 62

Ahmet Polat, Soner DoÄŸan and Selcuk Besir Demir

Model of Values-Based Management Process in Schools: A Mixed Design Study pp. 83

Soner DoÄŸan

Exploring the Role of Accreditation in Supporting Transfer and Student Mobility pp. 97

Pamela Petrease Felder and Megan T. Arleth

Investigation of Students’ Reading Anxiety with Regards to Some Variables pp. 111

Hasan Huseyin Kilinc and Emin Tamer Yenen

Student Engagement in Video Case Based Undergraduate Business Teaching pp. 119

Keith Pond

Knowledge Hiding in Academia: Is Personality a Key Factor? pp. 128

Nihan Demirkasimoglu

The Effect of Diversity Climate Perception on Alienation of Students to University pp. 141

Mehmet KurtulmuÅŸ

Effect of Professional Development on Classroom Practices in Some Selected Saudi Universities pp. 152

AbdulKhaliq Hajjad Alghamdi and Ahmad Johari Bin Sihes

An Investigation into Perceptions of Facebook-use in Higher Education pp. 160

Lasse Ellefsen

An Empirical Study on Alleviating Career English Writing Anxiety through Cooperative Learning in a Chinese Polytechnic Institute pp. 173

Dongmei Jiang

Assistant Principals’ Perceptions Regarding the Role and the Effectiveness of an Educational Leadership Program pp. 183

Gary B. Peters, D. Keith Gurley, Matthew Fifolt, Loucrecia Collins and Rose McNeese

Appraisal of Information and Communication Technology Courses in Business Education Programme of Universities in South East Nigeria pp. 200

Chika Madu Ile and Christiana Ngozi Ementa

Theory of Planned Behavior Predicts Graduation Intentions of Canadian and Israeli Postsecondary Students with and without Learning Disabilities/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder pp. 208

Catherine S. Fichten, Tali Heiman, Mary Jorgensen, Mai Nhu Nguyen, Alice Havel, Laura King, Jillian Budd and Rhonda Amsel

A World of Information at Their Fingertips: College Students’ Motivations and Practices in Their Self-Determined Information Seeking pp. 220

Louis S. Nadelson, Christina M. Sias, Joshua Matyi, Sterling R. Morris, Ryan Cain, Matthew Cromwell, Emily M. Lund, Joseph Furse, Adela Hofmannova, McKenzie Johnson, Janiece Seegmiller and Tianyi Xie

Incorporating Applied Undergraduate Research in Senior to Graduate Level Remote Sensing Courses pp. 232

Richard Henley, Daniel Unger, David Kulhavy and I-Kuai Hung

Predicting Academic Success of Health Science Students for First Year Anatomy and Physiology pp. 250

Ryan S Anderton, Tess Evans and Paola T Chivers

The Physics of Music with Interdisciplinary Approach: A Case of Prospective Music Teachers pp. 261

Ozge Turna and Mualla Bolat

Ä°nstructional Leadership Behaviors of School Administrators on the Ä°mplementation of Secondary School Curricula pp. 276

Hızır Zorlu and Ayla Arseven

Strategies for College and University Instructional Physical Activity Programs (IPAP) Directors pp. 292

Bridget F Melton, Carrie Sampson Moore and Brandi Hoffman