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Message from Editor
Dear Readers,
It is the great honor for us to publish 9th volume, 4th issue of International Journal of Learning and Teaching.
International Journal of Learning and Teaching (IJLT) is an international and multi-disciplinary which aims to provide a platform for the publication of the most advanced scientific research in the areas of learning, development, instruction and teaching. The journal welcomes original empirical investigations. The papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological approaches. They may refer to any age level, from infants to adults and to a diversity of learning and instructional settings, from laboratory experiments to field studies. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of learning and teaching. IJLT covers all aspects of education; trends in education, the emerging and educational settings, instructional design, learning-teaching methods and applications, instructional multimedia, new education environments, theoretical principles, assessment and evaluation and related fields.
A total number of twenty (20) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been subjected to double-blind peer review process by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total number of ten (10) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.
Aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share the results of their academic studies. There are different research topics discussed in the articles. For example, Muhibul Haque Bhuyan, Sher Shermin Azmiri Khan and Mohammad Ziaur Rahman examined teaching digital electronics course for electrical engineering students in cognitive domain. Filiz Kabapinar, Candan Cengiz and Oya Aglarci aimed to investigate prospective teachers and secondary students’ ideas on global environmental issues. In addition, Jeannette Valencia Robles carried out a research on developing observation and reflective skills through teaching practice. Sylvia Ingeborg Haering provided a systematic review on music-based interventions as a way to improve executive function in autism. Asta Rauduvaite and Yadian Du analyzed music teacher education programmes in Lithuania and China. Elena Kovacikova and Jana Luprichova discussed good CLIL practice among European educational institutions.
Furthermore, Yvonne Malone and Tony Michael examined the effects of a debate-based pedagogy on collaborative learning and critical thinking skills. Welly Ardiansyah and Murwani Ujihanti examined social constructivist learning theory and reciprocal teaching to teach reading comprehension. Maryam Karami and Laya Heidari Darani aimed to investigate the effectiveness of recasts in teaching /θ/ and /ð/ to EFL learners. Finally, Ozge Ozberk and Gulsun Atanur Baskan compared teacher evaluation and conferment systems in South Korea and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge in which different kinds of topics are discussed in 2018 Volume.
I would like to present many thanks to all the contributors who helped to publish this issue.
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Hafize Keser
Editor – in Chief
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