Self-Regulated Learning Interventions in the Introductory Accounting Course: An Empirical StudyIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 3 - Trang 435-460 - 2013
Lana L. Becker
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Self-regulated learning skills have been shown to have a positive impact on achievement in the academic setting, enabling graduates to become lifelong learners in professional settings. Although the importance of lifelong learning skills is well articulated in the accounting education literature, this study is the first to address concerns ...... hiện toàn bộ
Communication Apprehension of South African Accounting Students: The Effect of Culture and LanguageIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 29 Số 4 - Trang 505-525 - 2014
Stephen A. Coetzee, Astrid Schmulian, Lizette Kotze
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Developing communication skills is an objective of many accounting education programs. Students' communication apprehension may hamper this. This study explores South African accounting students' communication apprehension and the association thereof with culture and home and instruction language. Data were collected using the Personal Repor...... hiện toàn bộ
Author Characteristics for Major Accounting Journals: Differences among Similarities 1989–2009Issues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 4 - Trang 731-757 - 2013
Timothy J. Fogarty, Gregory A. Jonas
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Many academic accountants have explicit or implicit motivations to publish their research in the best journals in the discipline. However, whether the chances of success are better at some of these journals is unknown. This paper examines the archival record to find differences within the authorship of three such publications (The Accounting...... hiện toàn bộ
Bridging the Gap between Tertiary Education and Work: Situated Learning in AccountancyIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 4 - Trang 779-799 - 2013
Trevor Stanley
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In professions such as teaching, health sciences (medicine, nursing), and built environment, significant work-based learning through practica is an essential element before graduation. However, there is no such requirement in professional accounting education. This paper reports the findings of an exploratory qualitative case study of the im...... hiện toàn bộ
Ethics of Relationships between Accounting Academics and External SponsorsIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 3 - Trang 555-580 - 2013
Steven Mintz, Li Dang, Arline Savage
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A variety of relationships can develop between accounting academics, academic units, and external sponsors that raise issues of ethical propriety. External donors may seek to influence academic decisions by applying pressure on recipients to gain favored treatment. We believe these types of situations are on the rise because of increased co...... hiện toàn bộ
Evidence for Insisting on Cognitive Conflict Tasks: Impact on Accounting Majors in Upper-Level CoursesIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 4 - Trang 759-777 - 2013
Carol Springer Sargent, A. Faye Borthick
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Springer and Borthick (2004a) designed cognitive conflict tasks in sophomore accounting to develop critical thinking. While prior work showed that students completing critical thinking courses had stronger content knowledge (Springer and Borthick 2007), it provided no evidence that these experiences would improve performance in courses with ...... hiện toàn bộ
Transitioning to IFRS in Australian Classrooms: Impact on Teaching ApproachesIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 2 - Trang 263-275 - 2013
Beverley Jackling, Paul Anthony De Lange, Riccardo Natoli
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This paper outlines the impact that transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) had in Australia with reference to the teaching approaches across university accounting classrooms. The discussion begins with a short history of past rules governing accounting in Australia, followed by a review of the transition to IFRS in...... hiện toàn bộ
The Effect of IFRS Adoption on Financial Reporting Pedagogy in South AfricaIssues in Accounting Education - Tập 28 Số 2 - Trang 243-251 - 2013
Stephen A. Coetzee, Astrid Schmulian
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South Africa has for many years been involved in and supported the work of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) (formerly the International Accounting Standards Committee [IASC]). Accordingly, South Africa was an early adopter of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This paper highlights two significant effects...... hiện toàn bộ