Introduction For the past four years, many accounting clerk students have performed at a mediocre level at the T.A.Marryshow Community College. Consequently, the following questions arise: Why do students perform poorly in an introductory accounting course? Is it because they have not mastered the foundation skills in High school or is it because of other factors like family problems, learning disabilities and poor lecturing by teachers? One theory, which has been formulated due to classroom observation and coursework assessment is students’ performance in Math reflects on their performance in Accounting. Appendix “A” depicts the relationship between both variables.
Problem Statement Many students fail the Accounting Clerk exams at
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This letter will include the purpose of the study, intended timeframe for conducting the study and a slot to indicate willingness or unwillingness to participate. Discussion topics will also be enclosed in the invitation letter. The discussion is intended to be held over lunch during school break. The action researcher will participate as a respondent because that individual is also an accounting lecturer, however member checks will be done. Prior to the discussion, a facilitator will be assigned and oriented about conversation topics. Data analysis will be derived from “transcribing or culling through taped transcripts and sequencing chart notes” (Brighton & Moon 2007).
Data Analysis Descriptive statistics will be taken for math student averages and accounting student averages. The frequency of passes and failures will be observed. The range of these scores will be noted to observe the range between the highest and lowest scores. Following, the standard deviation will be calculated to find out the average difference of scores from the mean. Finally, a correlation coefficient will be used to show the relationship between the independent and dependent variable. A causal study will also be done. This will be plotted on a line graph to compare results of the pre-test and post-test of the students who received math training to students who have not receive math training.(see point 5,communicating with
The running record assignment provided me with insight on how to effectively assess a student, analyzing and interpret data and consider strategies to address areas of need and/or strengths. The process of giving this assessment has allowed me to better understand and appreciate running records. I understand the value of using an assessment that evaluates a student’s reading ability. The data is vital information that influences instruction and planning.
2. When you ask someone to participate, explain the basic nature of the study. You
Marshall, M.H., McManus, W.W., Viele, V.F. (2003). Accounting: What the Numbers Mean. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies.
In “How Grading Reform Changed Our School,” author Jeffrey A. Erickson discusses about how it is common in high schools to pass each student by their accumulated average of the entire class period. He described many examples to display the way of grading in high schools such as in behaviors, lessons, and tasks. He talks about the changes that were made and were in effect to achieve a grading average that reflects the student 's’ abilities and knowledge .
Gibson, C. H. (2011). Financial reporting & analysis: Using financial accounting information. (12th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
6 (3) 7-22 Hugo, W. (2013). Cracking the Code to Educational Analysis. Chapter 7. p105-116. Pearson:
Every human being in this world is unique and each individual has different ways in which they learn. Learning styles have been formulated over the years to help us recognize the way we approach learning and methods we use to gain knowledge. It is an individual's distinctive approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preference with a mixture of various styles. In this essay, we will take a look at different learning styles and how they can be implemented and integrated in the accounting profession.
+Analysing outcomes of the test and summarize it with some theories of need and motivation.
Marshall, D. H., McManus, W. W, & Viele, D. (2002). Accounting: What the Numbers Mean. 5th ed. San Francisco: Irwin/McGraw-Hill.
My first goal is to continue my education by earning a Master’s degree in Accounting right after completing my bachelor’s degree. The MSU’s Accounting program attracts me for both its reputation and its career opportunities available for international students. It is my responsibility as a future accountant to be really familiar and proficient at the tools accountants use regularly. Achieving my master’s degree will also help me achieving my second goal of becoming a CPA by meeting the requirement of curriculum. Thus, I am professionally and academically motivated to earn a Master’s degree of Accounting at the Broad Business College.
First and foremost, the world-class accounting scholars, including distinguished accounting historian Stephen A. Zeff- a member of The Accounting Hall of Fame, attract me. Besides their outstanding academic achievement, the rigor and zeal to students also left me a deep impression, when professor Benjamin Lansford helped me to evaluate my prerequisites over email.
Amelia Annette Baldwin, Brad S. Trinkle. “The Accounting Educators’ Journal.” An Initial Placement Research Ranking of U.S. Accounting Doctoral Programs. N.p., n.d.
What does the accountant of the future need to be successful? A sturdy education that while is based on traditional accounting practices, also prepares future accountants for the plethora of changes happening in the accounting universe. Frequently, most of the institutions responsible for educating professionals fail to evolve as rapidly as the professional practice itself (Bedford et al. 4). In every way, accounting is expanding and in order for the future to have competent accountants, accounting education must expand as well. Major changes occurring in the world of accounting include the expansion of services and products, changes in competition, an increase in specialization, and an increase in and an advancement of technology. It is up to academic institutions to find proactive ways in which to prepare students for such changes. Accounting education of the future will require more breadth to cover the inevitable expansion of services and products, increased knowledge of economics, marketing, management and information systems to increase competitive advantage, a balanced course load that provides a general accounting knowledge as well as increased knowledge of a specialization, and also a greater, proactive focus on the use of continuously advancing accounting technologies (Bedford et al. 8). Also in play is the chance of change in accounting standards, the move from US GAAP to IFRS. While there are no certainties surrounding the threat of such change, students in the U.S. should acquire at least a general, basic feel for the practices used in regards to IFRS. The future health of the accounting profession depends, to a great extent, on the health of our students (Gormon and Hargadon 4). Reorganization of curriculums would surely be difficult and assumedly time-consuming, but nevertheless, completely
From the first tutorial, ‘Current Conceptions of Accounting’, we had already change our prediction on accounting professional. At the beginning, we through that accounting professional would be more formal and format. From what we have learnt from the first two semesters of accounting, we need to do everything under the current structure, standards, and regulations. Accounting is a tool and skill that help us to achieve our career successful. However, the first tutorial activity, which require us to bring up our view of ‘accounting, accountability, or an accountant’ from a lifestyle magazine. This activity make us found that accounting could be just next to us, not just in the career field, but also could find it anywhere in our life. This activity has open up our mind of accounting
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