e-ISSN 2210-1438
DOI dx.doi.org/10.12785/irclr
Founding Editor: Myint Swe Khine
Email: irclr@uob.edu.bh
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No Publication Fee
This journal will explore contemporary approaches to research in learning from interdisciplinary perspectives. The scope of this journal is deliberately board. The articles in this journal will cover theoretical issues and research and development aspects with the goal of advancing knowledge about how students learn. The topics in this journal are drawn from the fields of cognitive science, educational psychology, anthropology, computer and information science, media and cultural studies and explore pedagogical, technological, sociological and psychological aspects of student learning. The journal will examine the social, organizational and cultural dynamics of learning environments, construct scientific models of cognitive development, and conduct design-based experiments.
This journal is indexed by these worldwide databases:
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Editor in-Cheif:
Myint Swe Khine - University of Bahrain
Editorial Board
Keith Taber - University of Cambridge, UK
Danielle E Dani - Ohio University, USA
Hasan Deniz - University of Nevada - Las Vegas, USA
Douglas Clark -Peabody College – Vanderbilt University, USA
Wang Qiyun - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Baohui Zhang - Nanjing University, China
H. Taha-Thomoure - University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Chih-hung Wang - National Changhua University, Taiwan, ROC
Hatice Ferhan Odabasi - Anadolu University, Turkey
Salmiza Saleh - Science University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Tricia Kerr - University of Qatar, Qatar
Lisa Bell - University of Western Australia, Australia
Khalil Al-Khalili - University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Tago Sarapuu - University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
The papers submitted can be any of the following forms.
Research Article – ranges from basic and applied empirical studies employing complex methodologies such as experimentation, questionnaire, survey, evaluation etc. using qualitative or quantitative approaches.
Literature Review and Metanalysis Studies – synthesis of reviews from abstracted journals are viable in this category.
Commentary article on theories and models – issues on previous theories and models are acceptable.
Documentation of best practices – papers on institutional strategies, evaluation, and documentation of best practice in line with assessment, measurement, and evaluation.
Authors are requested to follow the directions presented in the following
IRCLR template.docx
and fill the following
SPC copyright.pdf and then submit through "Submission button"
Review Steps
All manuscript will be assigned to more than one reviewer through 5 steps. As soon as we receive an article, the Editorial office will Pre-Review your manuscript in one week. The officer will check whether the manuscript is valid and language is fluent and necessary factors are all included. The officer will also cross check the article in crossref database in order to avoid plagirsm. The following is a formal review process accomplished by other official reviewers for one month. It is decided by Editor-in-Chief in one week whether your manuscript is accepted or not. All submitted papers will be reviewed in about six weeks.
Type of Peer Review
This journal follows blind reviewing process, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process.
Formal Conditions of Acceptance
Each article submitted to us will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. Moreover the papers will be checked for linguistic consistency. Thematic review will decide whether to accept or reject according to the originality, significance for theory and practice, quality of content and presentation of submitted paper.
The purpose of this research is to describe the home literacy beliefs and practices of eleven families and explore what discrepancies exist between their reading related behaviors depending on their ethno-cultural ...
Advocacy for the use of constructivist instructional strategy for teaching science at the primary and secondary school levels is very phenomenal in the literature on science education. This advocacy is strengthened by the ...
This study aims to identify the dominant teaching and learning styles in Libyan higher education. This study also investigates which teaching and learning styles have higher possibility of intention to use e-learning as a ...
This paper examines the issue of declining teacher influence on students, and investigates a humanistic approach to responding to this change in the context of students' changing modes of learning in China. The paper is ...
This paper defines the epistemological and ontological assumptions underpinning the two most common research paradigms: the scientific and interpretive; in relation to their methodology and methods. It will also shed light ...
Despite the curricula differences in science teaching, science educators tend to agree that the adequate understanding of the nature of science or an understanding of science as a way of knowing is a desired outcome of the ...
Results of national tests highlighted a general deficiency affecting English language education in public schools and in intermediate schools in particular. Such results stressed that there are various difficulties facing ...
The teacher-training college where this research took place prepares Emirati primary school teachers to teach the subjects of English, Mathematics and Science through the medium of English. The college courses taught have ...
Abedalaziz,Nabeel Chin Hai Leng2 and Said Salim Hamed Al-Harthy3(2013)
This article describes a study measuring epistemology about mathematics by means of the Epistemological Belief Survey about Mathematics developed in USA which was then adapted to be used in Jordan. The survey data from 300 ...
This article provides an insight into the issues married female Emirati students face in pursuit of a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) teaching degree from the perspective of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) context. Their views ...
This paper addresses the two strands: 1) what works when leading people; and 2) what works when improving schools. We draw from our empirical study with a Dunman High School perspective to examine a) the science aspect of ...
The search for more effective and alternative instructional strategies has led to focusing attention on conceptual change pedagogy which places much premium on the use of students’ prior ideas during instruction. The results ...
Using cues (attention directing cues) to guide students through using multimedia learning environments is vital as it reduces visual search and thus reducing the cognitive load on students' working memory. In some cases ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Attitudes towards Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) developed Tapia and Martha (2004). Data collected from 269 middle school students in the United ...
Validity has always been a major concern for researchers, particularly within the educational field because of its effectiveness in presenting a trusted reflection of a certain phenomenon in the society. There are several ...
Textbooks are widely accepted as a common feature of classrooms worldwide and are important vehicles for the promotion of curricula. Consequently their content and structure are very important for the promotion of a specific ...
In this article, the researcher will report on methods for scoring concept maps to assess conceptual change in preservice elementary teachers’ understanding of the concept of density. The researcher used the method of Total ...
The primary focus of this study was to investigate the impact of games activities in mathematics classes. The study incorporated a pre-post approach that involved surveys to assess students' perceptions of psychosocial ...
Facebook is a popular social networking site, which has potential for teaching and learning. In this study, we explored different ways of using Facebook in three cases at a teacher training institute. In these cases, ...
This article draws upon data from two separate qualitative studies of video gaming as a means to highlight the ways that diverse literacies work in concert to mediate adolescents’ learning on and off the screen. The research ...