Student performance in their first postsecondary accounting course: Does high school accounting matter

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 297-311

  Xiang, Meifang ^a   Gruber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Course performance; High school accounting; Introduction to financial accounting; Student motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897584003     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2012)0000013017     Document Type: Article

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