An instructional assignment for student engagement in auditing class: Student movies and the AICPA Core Competency Framework

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-266

  Kaciuba, Gail ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AICPA Core Competency Framework for Entry into the Accounting Profession; Auditing concepts; Movies; Role playing; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870255280     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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