Tax software versus paper return: The effect of a computerized decision aid on cognitive effort and student learning

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 57-76

  Heath, Rebekah Sheely ^a  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054866095     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1085-4622(08)09003-2     Document Type: Article

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