“…Given this, student-faculty interaction is related to the highest levels of classroom engagement, which on the other hand makes possible students' cognitive skills development (Kim & Lundberg, 2016). Xhomara (2020) indicated that prior knowledge, problem-based teaching, the comprehensive learning approach and assessment explained 50% of the variance in the levels of course outcomes; meanwhile, according to Cox and Orehovec (2007), out-of-class student-faculty interaction can be of five types which can be included in disengagement, incidental contact, functional interaction, personal interaction, and mentoring. Furthermore, the student-faculty interaction is saliant for building a collaborative and productive climate to improve the learning process and to increase course outcomes (Cole & Griffin, 2013;Kim & Sax, 2009), can play a crucial role in fostering student motivation, and engagement in learning (Muñoz, Baik, & Lodge, 2020), and is a powerful predictor of student learning (Kuh & Hu, 2001;Terenzini, Pascarella, & Blimling, 1996).…”