“…Reviewing the related literature shows that there are many variables that influence SETs: Grades or expected grades (Griffin, Hilton III, Plummer, & Barret, 2014, Badri et al, 2006Brockx, Spooren, & Mortelmans, 2011), gender (MacNell, Driscoll, & Hunt, 2015Badri, Abdulla, Kamali, & Dodeen, 2006), teachers' characteristics (Wolbring & Riordan, 2016;Clayson & Sheffet, 2006;Patrick, 2011;Greimel-Fuhrmann, & Geyer, 2003;Shevlin, Banyard, Davies, & Griffiths, 2000). ), classroom size and response rate (Al Kuwaiti, Alquraan, & Subbarayalu, 2016;Koh & Tan, 1997;Badri et al, 2006), course difficulty (Addison, Best, & Warrington, 2006), course level (Santhanam & Hicks, 2002), course type (Beran & Violato, 2005), general versus specific education (Ting, 2000) and course syllabus tone (Harnish & Bridges, 2011).…”