“…It is a strong predictor of and enhances academic performance and learning (Alharbi, 2017;Alotaibi, 2016;Lee, Yeung, & Ip, 2017) and can also improve quality of life (Din, Haron, & Rashid, 2016). Its importance has been argued in many studies (Alharbi, 2017;Alotaibi, 2016;Din et al, 2016;Lee et al, 2017;Louws, Meirink, van Veen, & van Driel, 2017;Rashid & Asghar, 2016;Slater & Cusick, 2017;Zhoc & Chen, 2016). SDL is becoming increasingly important in the current era of knowledge explosion being experienced due to the rapid developments in technology and information and telecommunications.…”