A Study of Consonant Clusters in an EFL Context ............................................................................................................ 1
Ruhollah Khanbeiki and Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi-Rokni
Do Emotional-Social Intelligence, Caring, Moral Judgment and Leadership of Physical Therapy Students Predict
their Clinical Performance? ................................................................................................................................................ 15
Hélène Larin and Jean Wessel
Integrating Teaching Resources and Assessment Tasks to Enhance Student Experience........................................... 28
Dr Sujana Adapa
Clustering Analysis of Attitudes of Prospective Computer Programmers towards Programming .......................... 40
Özcan ÖZYURT and Hacer ÖZYURT
Does Inquiry-Learning Support Long-Term Retention of Knowledge? ....................................................................... 51
Sarah Schmid and Franz X. Bogner
Enhancing Agricultural Education Lecturers’ Teaching Effectiveness in Nigeria Colleges of Education: The
Human Resource Supervision Perspective........................................................................................................................ 71
Camilus Bassey Ben and Ajigo Ikutal
Middle School Students Academic Motivation: A Missing Element in a General Education Quality Improvement
Program in Ethiopia ............................................................................................................................................................ 84
Abebe Kinde Getachew
Evaluating Asynchronous Discussion as Social Constructivist Pedagogy in an Online Undergraduate
Gerontological Social Work Course ................................................................................................................................... 94
Cari L. Gulbrandsen, Christine A. Walsh, Amy E. Fulton, Anna Azulai and Hongmei Tong
The Amalgamation of Conventional Universities and Open/ Distance Learning and their Effects on Students’
Performances ...................................................................................................................................................................... 112
Saher H. EL-Annan Ph.D
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Table of Contents
A Study of Consonant Clusters in an EFL Context ............................................................................................................1
Ruhollah Khanbeiki and Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi-Rokni
Do Emotional-Social Intelligence, Caring, Moral Judgment and Leadership of Physical Therapy Students Predict
their Clinical Performance? ................................................................................................................................................ 15
Hélène Larin and Jean Wessel
Integrating Teaching Resources and Assessment Tasks to Enhance Student Experience........................................... 28
Dr Sujana Adapa
Clustering Analysis of Attitudes of Prospective Computer Programmers towards Programming .......................... 40
Özcan ÖZYURT and Hacer ÖZYURT
Does Inquiry-Learning Support Long-Term Retention of Knowledge? .......................................................................51
Sarah Schmid and Franz X. Bogner
Enhancing Agricultural Education Lecturers’ Teaching Effectiveness in Nigeria Colleges of Education: The
Human Resource Supervision Perspective........................................................................................................................ 71
Camilus Bassey Ben and Ajigo Ikutal
Middle School Students Academic Motivation: A Missing Element in a General Education Quality Improvement
Program in Ethiopia ............................................................................................................................................................ 84
Abebe Kinde Getachew
Evaluating Asynchronous Discussion as Social Constructivist Pedagogy in an Online Undergraduate
Gerontological Social Work Course ...................................................................................................................................94
Cari L. Gulbrandsen, Christine A. Walsh, Amy E. Fulton, Anna Azulai and Hongmei Tong
The Amalgamation of Conventional Universities and Open/ Distance Learning and their Effects on Students’
Performances ...................................................................................................................................................................... 112
Saher H. EL-Annan Ph.D