Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance

This study aims to examine the factors affecting the examination performance of non-accounting students in completing an accounting course, that is, Management Accounting. A questionnaire survey was administered to a total of 147 non-accounting students who enrolled in a Management Accounting course...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Suhaiza, Kasim, Nurkamariah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UTHM 2011
Subjects:	H62 Study and teaching. Research L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/1/AccountingforNon-AccountingStudents.pdf

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spelling	iium-237132012-05-08T00:26:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/ Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance Ismail, Suhaiza Kasim, Nurkamariah H62 Study and teaching. Research L Education (General) This study aims to examine the factors affecting the examination performance of non-accounting students in completing an accounting course, that is, Management Accounting. A questionnaire survey was administered to a total of 147 non-accounting students who enrolled in a Management Accounting course for a semester. The factors considered are gender, prior academic performance, year of study and learning approaches adopted which include deep, surface and strategic approaches. Using multiple regression analysis, the results reveal that prior academic performance and year of study have a positive significant impact on performance while the surface approach of learning has a negative significant impact on the performance of the students. Penerbit UTHM 2011-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/1/AccountingforNon-AccountingStudents.pdf Ismail, Suhaiza and Kasim, Nurkamariah (2011) Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 3 (2). pp. 19-31. ISSN 2229-8932 http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JTET/article/viewFile/412/295
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description	This study aims to examine the factors affecting the examination performance of non-accounting students in completing an accounting course, that is, Management Accounting. A questionnaire survey was administered to a total of 147 non-accounting students who enrolled in a Management Accounting course for a semester. The factors considered are gender, prior academic performance, year of study and learning approaches adopted which include deep, surface and strategic approaches. Using multiple regression analysis, the results reveal that prior academic performance and year of study have a positive significant impact on performance while the surface approach of learning has a negative significant impact on the performance of the students.
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author	Ismail, Suhaiza Kasim, Nurkamariah
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title	Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance
title_short	Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance
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publisher	Penerbit UTHM
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23713/1/AccountingforNon-AccountingStudents.pdf
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