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The Effect of Teaching Format, Students¡¯ Ability and Cognitive Effort on Accounting Students¡¯ Performance

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  • Erlane K Ghani
  • Jamaliah Said
  • Kamaruzzaman Muhammad

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This study examines whether factors identified in the literature as influencing students¡¯ performance explain students¡¯ performance in an Advanced Financial Accounting course. Three variables are chosen- teaching format, cumulative grade point average and study effort to examine their effect on students¡¯ performance. Using questionnaire and experimental approaches on 129 students who were enrolled in Advanced Financial Accounting course in a public university in Malaysia, the results in this study indicate all three variables examined are associated with students¡¯ performance. These results could assist academics in understanding and developing strategies that could be apply at the beginning of the course to ensure students¡¯ performance could be improved. ? Keywords- Students¡¯ performance, Advanced Financial Accounting (AFA), Teaching Format, Cumulative Grade Point Average, Study Effort.

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  • Erlane K Ghani & Jamaliah Said & Kamaruzzaman Muhammad, 2012. "The Effect of Teaching Format, Students¡¯ Ability and Cognitive Effort on Accounting Students¡¯ Performance," International Journal of Learning and Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 2(3), pages 81-98, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:ijld88:v:2:y:2012:i:3:p:81-98
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