Accounting

There are myriad ways to study Accounting, but what’s the best way? A review of nearly 3,000 students using CengageNOWv2 from Cengage, found 82% said the online learning platform helped them better understand their Accounting course material.

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This infographic shares a good summary of the study findings, including key insights from students:

“Using CengageNOWv2 helped me understand how Accounting in business fit into the real world through the examples given.”

“I can understand the bigger picture with most concepts now, with the help of the amazing videos. That is hands down the best part of the CengageNOWv2 program.”

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The following articles are featured in the Spring 2017 issue of Accounting Instructor’s Report. Enjoy! Trends

Spring 2017 Trends: Belverd E. Needles, Jr., Ph.D., CPA, DePaul University

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Using Actual Products to Enhance Student Understanding in Intro Accounting Classes: John E. Dexter, Jr., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and
Julia M. Camp, Providence College
Five Tips to Enhance Students’ and Instructors’ Experiences in Online Accounting Classes: Denise Dickins, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, East Carolina University

Managerial Accounting Teaching Techniques to Aid Student Understanding the Difference Between Absorption Costing and Variable Costing: James M. Emig, Ph.D., CPA, Villanova University; Robert P. Derstine,

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Author: Belverd E. Needles, Jr., Ph.D., CPA, DePaul University Most of our students today are the so-called “Millennials.” This means they were born roughly in the years 1982 to 2000 (ages 17 to 35). Among other characteristics, they are tech-savvy, confident, practical, team-oriented, impatient and adventurous. Above all they are tech-savvy multitaskers, and prolific communicators. They are impatient with our well-prepared 60-minute lectures with well-groomed PowerPoint slides. They are bored by time spent going over problem solutions. They get their information in short bursts on their cell phones and form Internet services on Twitter and Snapchat. This article is from Read More…

Authors: James M. Emig, Ph.D., CPA, Villanova University; Robert P. Derstine, Ph.D., CPA, West Chester University and Thomas J. Grant, Sr., M.B.A., CMA, Kutztown University To help students truly understand (rather than memorize), we have used our combined 100+ years of teaching experience to develop some “tricks and techniques” for the Variable Costing topic in Managerial Accounting courses. We have found it effective to initially present material in a “simplified manner,” along with some visual props, designed to help students understand the concepts and proceed from that basis to the more difficult material later in the course. This article is Read More…

Author: Dr. Thomas H. Oxner, University of Central Arkansas Although students may be familiar with apartment leases, and possibly “rent-to-own” furniture stores or car leases, most accounting students will be unaware that businesses commonly use leasing for long-term financing of asset purchases or long-term usage contracts. Lack of familiarity with this financing arrangement implies that the vocabulary and calculations will likewise be new territory for students. In addition, most debt agreements involve complementary journal entries on the borrower’s and lender’s journals. However, leasing agreements do not always result in complementary journal entries at the inception of the lease and in Read More…

Authors: John E. Dexter, Jr., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Julia M. Camp, Providence College Active learning techniques and hands-on learning can be used to explain and reinforce cost concepts in an introductory managerial accounting course. The purpose of this paper is to explain a basic activity used in a lecture and explain how the activity impacts the learning of the students. The activity involves allowing students to take apart and examine products before discussing concepts in class. Instructors using the activity found a considerably significant difference in learning between students using the activity versus students who did not Read More…

Author: Denise Dickins, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, East Carolina University The purpose of this article is to describe five tips designed to address these common student complaints and enhance their online experiences, while also addressing instructors’ complaints and improving student participation and interaction. The described, easy-to-implement tips were culled from existing research, online blogs, and my own experiences—both as a student and instructor. They can be implemented in all varieties of college-level accounting (or other) classes from the first undergraduate financial accounting course, to the penultimate graduate auditing class. The tips have been used in my online classes for the past Read More…

Long Beach Community College professor Kirk Canzano teaches financial accounting. But he used statistics to find out if his students’ performance on CengageNOWv2 out-of-class assignments correlated to their success on in-class exams. Short answer: Yes. Overall alignment between CengageNOWv2 homework scores and exam scores was a remarkable 0.93, indicating that homework performance almost perfectly predicted exam performance. CengageNOWv2 deserves credit for keeping students engaged with interactive activities, videos that walk students through problem-solving, and other tools that promote active learning. Canzano likes the automatic grading and gradebook analytics, too. With CengageNOWv2, there’s a lot in the plus column.

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The new year brought with it new updates from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Join the authors of the Cengage text, Intermediate Accounting: Reporting and Analysis Second Edition, Jeff Jones and Don Pagach, for a new webinar series discussing the latest changes by the FASB. Topics include revenue recognition, simplification projects–such as lower of cost and market accounting for inventory– changes to the investment standards, and leases.

Jefferson P. Jones, Auburn University

Dr. Jefferson P. Jones is an Associate Professor of Accounting in the School of Accountancy at Auburn University. He received his Bachelor’s in Accounting and Master of Accountancy Read More…

TRENDS “The Big Picture: Accounting Education In The 1980s And Its Relevance For Today”
Belverd E. Needles, Jr., Ph.D., CPA ARTICLES “Teaching Intermediate Accounting: FASB’s Simplification Initiative”
Dr. Thomas H. Oxner University of Central Arkansas
Dr. Karen M. Oxner University of Central Arkansas “The Effect Of Using Software To Teach The Accounting Cycle In An Introductory Accounting Course”
Janean S. Kleist, Ph.D., CPA College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University
Michelle Li-Kuehne College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University “Supplemental Instruction (Si): An Academic Support Program”
Jim Goldstein, Canisius College
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