Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance

The objective of the study is threefold. Firstly, the study explores the learning approaches adopted by students in completing their Business Finance. Secondly, it examines the impact that learning approaches has on the student’s academic performance. Finally, the study considers gender differences...

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Main Author: Ismail, Suhaiza
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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spelling iium-188452012-02-25T23:00:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18845/ Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance Ismail, Suhaiza H62 Study and teaching. Research LB2300 Higher Education LC1390 Education of special classes of persons The objective of the study is threefold. Firstly, the study explores the learning approaches adopted by students in completing their Business Finance. Secondly, it examines the impact that learning approaches has on the student’s academic performance. Finally, the study considers gender differences in the learning approaches adopted by students and in the relationship between learning approaches and academic performance. The Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) was used to assess the approaches to learning adopted by students whilst the student’s final examination result was considered in examining the performance of the students. The results indicate that majority of the accounting students, both male and female groups prefer to use the deep approach in studying Business Finance. The findings also reveal that there were significant relationships between learning approaches and academic performance with positive direction appears for deep and strategic approaches whilst negative relationship reveals for surface approach. 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18845/1/JAKI_ApproachestoLearning%28journalsoftcopy%5B1%5D.pdf Ismail, Suhaiza (2009) Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance. Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia, 6 (2). pp. 140-151.
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LB2300 Higher Education
LC1390 Education of special classes of persons
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LB2300 Higher Education
LC1390 Education of special classes of persons
Ismail, Suhaiza
Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance
description The objective of the study is threefold. Firstly, the study explores the learning approaches adopted by students in completing their Business Finance. Secondly, it examines the impact that learning approaches has on the student’s academic performance. Finally, the study considers gender differences in the learning approaches adopted by students and in the relationship between learning approaches and academic performance. The Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) was used to assess the approaches to learning adopted by students whilst the student’s final examination result was considered in examining the performance of the students. The results indicate that majority of the accounting students, both male and female groups prefer to use the deep approach in studying Business Finance. The findings also reveal that there were significant relationships between learning approaches and academic performance with positive direction appears for deep and strategic approaches whilst negative relationship reveals for surface approach.
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title Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance
title_short Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance
title_full Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance
title_fullStr Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance
title_full_unstemmed Accounting student's learning approaches and impact on academic performance
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publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/18845/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/18845/1/JAKI_ApproachestoLearning%28journalsoftcopy%5B1%5D.pdf
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