Accounting education: a cooperative learning strategy |
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| Authors: | James W. Carland Jonn C. Carland Janet C. Dye |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Business, Western Carolina University;2. School of Business, University of Alaska Southeast |
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| Abstract: | This paper reveiews the experiential learning and learning-styles literature and applies it to accounting instruction. The authors show that the majority of Sophomore accounting students display a learning style which is inconsistent with traditional teaching methods. An experiential teaching approach is presented which utilizes a cooperative learning environment. This method resulted in improved student performance. |
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| Keywords: | learning styles experiential learning accounting institutions |
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