The effectiveness of powerpoint presentations in the accounting classroom

Accounting Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-403

  Sugahara, Satoshi ^a   Boland, Gregory ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA SHUDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

accounting students' perceptions; computer assisted learning and teaching; PowerPoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 39849111141     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280601011099     Document Type: Article

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