Vol 5, No 3 (2016)

International Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, August 2016

Table of Contents

Articles

Student Perceptions of Justification in Two Disparate Domains: Education and Biology
Christi Lea Dawson, Maeghan N Hennessey, Kelli Higley
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Stress in Medical Students in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum
Ahmad Dagistani, Fawwaz Al Hejaili, Salih Binsalih, Hamdan Al Jahdali, Abdulla Al Sayyari
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The Effect of Mobile Learning on Students' Achievement and Conversational Skills
Abdellah Ibrahim Mohammed Elfeky, Thouqan Saleem Yakoub Masadeh
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Student Self-Efficacy and Gender-Personality Interactions
Lars Fallan, Leiv Opstad
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Pedagogical Implications, Possibilities, and Pitfalls of Offering a Semester 3 Credit Course in Nine Consecutive Days
Porter E. Coggins, Victoria Hays, Kate Larson
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Students’ Perceptions and Faculty Measured Competencies in Higher Education
J. Muthiani Malechwanzi, Hongde Lei, Lu Wang
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Scientific Skills in Graduate Mexican Students: Curriculum, Mentoring and Institutional Support
Angel Alberto Valdés Cuervo, Pedro Antonio Sánchez Escobedo, Etty Haydeé Estévez Nenninger, Silvia Patricia Aquino Zuñiga
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Feel the Progress: Second-year Students’ Reflections on Their First-year Experience
Telle Hailikari, Robert Kordts-Freudinger, Liisa Postareff
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Comparing the Change of Teaching Motivations among Preservice Teachers in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland: Do In-school Learning Opportunities Matter?
Johannes König, Martin Rothland, Sarantis Tachtsoglou, Stefan Klemenz
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Integrating Faculty Led Service Learning Training to Quantify Height of Natural Resources from a Spatial Science Perspective
Daniel Unger, David Kulhavy, Kai Busch-Petersen, I-Kuai Hung
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A Study on the Relationship between College Students’ Boredom Tendency and Attribution Style as well as Achievement Motivation
Shunqin Yan
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The Roots of the Challenge: Undergraduate Chinese Students Adjusting to American College Life
Mei-Ling Tung
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Enhancing Student Teachers’ Teaching Skills Through a Blended Learning Approach
Abeer Abdalhalim Albhnsawy, Ahmed Mahmoud Aliweh
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Motivation Management of Project-Based Learning for Business English Adult Learners
Xiaoqin Liu
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Using ePortfolio’s to Assess Undergraduate Paramedic Students: A Proof of Concept Evaluation
Rod Mason, Brett Williams
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Investigating Causality between Global Experience and Global Competency for Undergraduates in Contemporary China’s Higher Education: A Transformative Learning Theory Perspective
Jian Li, Jinhui Xu
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Evaluation of the Processes and Outcomes of Implementing a Competency Model to Foster Research Knowledge Utilization in Education
Melodie Briand-Lamarche, Renee Pinard, Pascale Theriault, Christian Dagenais
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Qatar's Educational System in the Technology-Driven Era: Long Story Short
Ibrahim Mohamad Karkouti
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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
Andam S. Ardan
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Student Perceptions to Teaching Undergraduate Anatomy in Health Sciences
Ryan S Anderton, Li Shan Chiu, Susan Aulfrey
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Strengthening Statistics Graduate Programs with Statistical Collaboration - The Case of Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Ayele Taye Goshu
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The Key Predictors of Success in University in France: What Are the Contributing Factors and Possible New Directions in Educational Research?
Amelie Duguet, Marielle Le Mener, Sophie Morlaix
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Opportunities and Challenges of Academic Staff in Higher Education in Africa
Elijah Dickens Mushemeza
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