Reflection, revision and feedback can enhance accounting students' learning

Warwick Baines; Nicholas Davis; Kristy Fitzmaurice; Donata Muntean; Kay Plummer

Reflection, revision and feedback can enhance accounting students' learning

Warwick Baines
, Nicholas Davis
, Kristy Fitzmaurice
, Donata Muntean
, Kay Plummer

Business

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

Is first year accounting too difficult for students? Many students have this belief but are required to complete the subject, a compulsory component of their business degree. Lecturers responding quickly to student difficulties can overcome this belief. A number of activities, including quizzes, online practice sets and Harvard one-minute papers, are used in this action research project to provide a mixture of reflection, feedback and revision for students. Students who participated in these activities achieved a significantly (p<.001) higher overall mark in the subject than those who did not participate. This research addresses the need within the accounting education literature for evidence of the impact of reflection, feedback and revision on learning in Australian first year accounting classes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AFAANZ Conference 2010
Place of Publication	Christchurch
Publisher	AFAANZ
Pages	1-23
Number of pages	23
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference - Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand Duration: 03 Jul 2010 → 06 Jul 2010

Conference

Conference	Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference
Country/Territory	New Zealand
Period	03/07/10 → 06/07/10

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Reflection, revision and feedback can enhance accounting students' learning

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