An assessment of the effects of teaching methods on academic performance of students in accounting courses

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-260

  Hosal Akman, Nazli ^a   Simga Mugan, Can ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Active learning; Cooperative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955834096     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2010.498176     Document Type: Article

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