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Kwong, K. S.; Lui, Gladie – Education Journal, 1991
Explores the effects of accounting internships upon subsequent academic achievement. Reports that grade point averages and degree examination results of 10 Chinese University of Hong Kong students who had been interns were compared to scores of 236 accounting majors who had not. Concludes that internships increased student knowledge and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
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Cunningham, Billie M. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Presents a Collin County Community College District study assessing the effectiveness of "writing to learn" techniques in four Principles of Accounting classes, two taught in a traditional format with homework, and two using daily student journals. Reports promising results in terms of grades and retention rates. (DMM)
Descriptors: Accounting, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Winans, Glen T. – 1985
Different approaches employed to automate the administrative recordkeeping processes within academic departments at three University of California campuses are contrasted: the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. The results are based on campus…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Departments, Higher Education
Lim-Quek, Muriel; And Others – 1985
This study tested the effects of two instructional sequences--principle-procedure and procedure-principle--on the application and transfer of learning. It was hypothesized that a principle-procedure sequence would result in better near-transfer and far-transfer and that students would prefer this sequence. The 38 freshmen enrolled in a business…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
Picus, Lawrence O. – School Business Affairs, 1996
Offers a detailed discussion of school-level data collection on educational expenditures and research allocations. Describes some implications of this trend for school business administrators. Suggests that the long-term benefits of these new data far outweigh the short-term costs of their collection. (12 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education