Develop Oral Presentation Skills Through Accounting Curriculum Design and Course-Embedded Assessment

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-179

  Kerby, Debra ^a   Romine, Jeff ^a  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Assessment; Communication; Oral presentations; Outcomes; Rubric

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959235441     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832320903252389     Document Type: Article

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