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The Soft Skills of Accounting Graduates: Perceptions versus Expectations
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Dolce, Valentina; Emanuel, Federica; Cisi, Maurizio; Ghislieri, Chiara – Accounting Education, 2020
In recent years, changes in business, new technology, and greater competitiveness and dynamism have all resulted in a need for new skills. This study focuses on soft skills in accounting education, exploring the viewpoints of both graduates and employers. Our main question is to better understand if there is a right match between graduates'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Accounting, Business Administration Education
The Relation of Locus-of-Control Orientation and Task Structure to Problem-Solving Performance of Sixth-Grade Student Pairs.
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Rowe, Mary Budd – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Investigates the relationship of locus-of-control orientation and task structure to the science problem-solving performance of 100 same-sex, sixth-grade student pairs. Some overall conclusions were that there was no relationship between locus-of-control orientation and effectiveness of problem-solving strategy. Internality was significantly…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Locus of Control
Design Education and the Teaching of Woodwork in Secondary Schools.
Nherera, Charles M. – 1989
In an attempt to review and, if necessary, update the curriculum, a study investigated the prevalence of problem-solving and design approaches in the teaching of woodworking courses in secondary schools in Zimbabwe. Woodworking classes in forms one and three were studied in an urban secondary school where woodworking is taught up to form four and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Course Content, Design, Developing Nations