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Integrating Modern World Tax Issues Into The Classroom, Annette M. Nellen May 2009

Integrating Modern World Tax Issues Into The Classroom, Annette M. Nellen

Faculty Publications

The article examines the benefits of interdisciplinary and integrated coursework that brings modern world issues into a tax classroom. Among the topics suggested for possible integration into such a course are virtual worlds and climate change. It says the subjects where chosen for their currency and the advantages they offer in engaging college students and providing an opportunity for them to apply integrated learning in the course. Some resource materials relevant to tax issues are also provided.


Integrating Modern World Tax Issues Into The Classroom, Annette M. Nellen May 2009

Integrating Modern World Tax Issues Into The Classroom, Annette M. Nellen

Annette M. Nellen

The article examines the benefits of interdisciplinary and integrated coursework that brings modern world issues into a tax classroom. Among the topics suggested for possible integration into such a course are virtual worlds and climate change. It says the subjects where chosen for their currency and the advantages they offer in engaging college students and providing an opportunity for them to apply integrated learning in the course. Some resource materials relevant to tax issues are also provided.


Using Peer Grading And Proofreading To Ratchet Student Expectations In Preparing Accounting Cases, Laura R. Ingraham, B. A. Chaney Jan 2009

Using Peer Grading And Proofreading To Ratchet Student Expectations In Preparing Accounting Cases, Laura R. Ingraham, B. A. Chaney

Laura R. Ingraham

Accounting educators struggle with ways to incorporate the development of critical thinking and communication skills into the curriculum. Case analysis is one tool for developing these skills. We examine whether students’ case analysis scores improve as a result of participation in peer grading and peer review. We find that students improve their ability to perform case analyses after both evaluating and being evaluated by student peers. Students initially experience an Expectation Ratcheting learning effect after evaluating the case of a peer. Subsequently, students experience an Enhanced Feedback learning effect from the comments and suggestions made by the peers who evaluated …


Using Peer Grading And Proofreading To Ratchet Student Expectations In Preparing Accounting Cases, Laura R. Ingraham, B. A. Chaney Jan 2009

Using Peer Grading And Proofreading To Ratchet Student Expectations In Preparing Accounting Cases, Laura R. Ingraham, B. A. Chaney

Faculty Publications

Accounting educators struggle with ways to incorporate the development of critical thinking and communication skills into the curriculum. Case analysis is one tool for developing these skills. We examine whether students’ case analysis scores improve as a result of participation in peer grading and peer review. We find that students improve their ability to perform case analyses after both evaluating and being evaluated by student peers. Students initially experience an Expectation Ratcheting learning effect after evaluating the case of a peer. Subsequently, students experience an Enhanced Feedback learning effect from the comments and suggestions made by the peers who evaluated …


The 50th Anniversary Of Stopgap Legislation, Annette M. Nellen Jan 2009

The 50th Anniversary Of Stopgap Legislation, Annette M. Nellen

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Calls For Accountability: Will It Help The Overall Incentives Process?, Annette M. Nellen Jan 2009

Calls For Accountability: Will It Help The Overall Incentives Process?, Annette M. Nellen

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The 50th Anniversary Of Stopgap Legislation, Annette M. Nellen Jan 2009

The 50th Anniversary Of Stopgap Legislation, Annette M. Nellen

Annette M. Nellen

No abstract provided.


Calls For Accountability: Will It Help The Overall Incentives Process?, Annette M. Nellen Jan 2009

Calls For Accountability: Will It Help The Overall Incentives Process?, Annette M. Nellen

Annette M. Nellen

No abstract provided.