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Santicola, Craig F. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
The literature indicates that there is a lack of learning outcomes in economics that can be attributed to the reliance on traditional lecture and the failure to adopt innovative instructional techniques. This study sought to investigate the student learning effects of academic controversy, a cooperative learning technique that shows promise in the…
Descriptors: Macroeconomics, Cooperative Learning, Economics Education, Quasiexperimental Design
Mohrweis, Lawrence C.; Shinham, Kathe M. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
This study illustrates an active learning approach using instant feedback cards in the first course in accounting. The objectives of this study are to (1) describe instant feedback cards and (2) show how this tool, when used in an active learning environment, can enhance learning. We examined whether students exposed to immediate feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Active Learning, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Schieberl, Jeffrey; Rainey, Michael; Palmer, Lynda – American Journal of Business Education, 2014
This paper illustrates a teaching innovation that took a traditional role playing exercise based on a case study and added some nuances that amplified the learning experience. The example illustrated in this paper was a didactic negotiation exercise intended to teach simple, basic negotiation principles like zone of possible agreement (ZOPA),…
Descriptors: Negotiation Agreements, Teaching Methods, Teaching Styles, Learning Experience
Berry, Priscilla – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
This paper explores the current paradigm shift in the use of technology in the classroom, which is occurring because of technology explosion in society, impact of globalization, necessary reframing, and enlarging of the world view, methods, and content to make business communication classes relevant. The question is whether the classroom should…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Influence of Technology, Global Approach
Doolan, Amy L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
Theodore Roosevelt said, "To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." With this quote in mind, this paper describes three ethical issues in the discipline area of accounting. The format of the paper is to first provide background information on the ethical question or scenario then to provide a…
Descriptors: Accounting, Ethics, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods
Galbraith, Diane D.; Webb, Fred L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
Organizations today often require collaboration in the form of work teams. Many tasks completed within organizations, whether in the workplace or in academia, however, can be beyond the capabilities of individuals alone. Productive teamwork and cooperative activities in business are expected and can begin very early in a person's career. The…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Labor Force Development, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods
Zeller, Thomas L.; Metzger, Lawrence M. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
This paper argues for a new approach to accounting textbook budgeting material. The business environment is not stable. Change is continuous, for large and small business alike. A business must act and react to generate shareholder value. The rolling forecast provides the necessary navigational insight. The traditional annual static budget does…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Accounting, Budgets, Business Skills
Wailoo, B.; John, S. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
Business students take courses in Financial Accounting where they learn the basic financial statements and how to present and analyze them. Accounting majors immediately experience a frustrating situation as they continue their studies with the Intermediate Accounting I course. Practicing accountants realize when they attend continuing education…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
Secrest, Thomas W. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Having returned to teaching the basics of pricing fixed-income securities after several years, the author recalls the difficulty students have in understanding the total return provided by fixed-income securities that are purchased at either a discount or premium from face value. This teaching note attempts to clarify the concept by suggesting…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Business Administration Education, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods
Eastman, Jacqueline K.; Aviles, Maria; Hanna, Mark – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
We illustrate a class organization process utilizing the concept of the Product Life Cycle to meet the needs of today's millennial student. In the Introduction stage of a business course, professors need to build structure to encourage commitment. In the Growth stage, professors need to promote the structure through multiple, brief activities that…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Students, Student Needs, Need Gratification
Singer, Robert A. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
It is expected the SEC will require U.S. domestic companies to prepare and file their annual 10Ks in accordance with international financial reporting standards (IFRS) by 2016. Given the probability that the FASB-IASB convergence project (i.e., Norwalk Agreement) will continue subsequent to mandatory adoption, US accounting programs will be…
Descriptors: Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Money Management, Financial Policy
Newman, Cynthia M. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
The current article presents an example of the development, implementation, and evaluation of a teaching intervention intended to facilitate student critical thinking through the integration of knowledge in an introductory business course. The intervention is grounded in the scholarship of teaching and learning literature. A discussion of the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Introductory Courses, Business Administration Education, College Freshmen
Bottiglieri, William A.; Reville, Patrick J. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Trade or business expenses are deductible if they are ordinary and necessary with respect to the trade or business in which they were incurred. Treasury Regulations bring education expenses into this purview but only if they maintain or improve skills already acquired or allow a taxpayer to maintain his current position. Related travel expenses in…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Expenditures, Operating Expenses, Transportation
Ewing, Sara; Dover, Howard F. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Attempting to implement client-based projects within a single semester often overwhelms students and underwhelms the client and grading professor. In this paper, we share results from a two-year pilot project in which the components of a client project were split between several classes. We discuss the client project model as a valuable teaching…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, Praxis, Teaching Methods
Kierulff, Herbert – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Over the past 60 years the internal rate of return (IRR) has become a major tool in investment evaluation. Many executives prefer it to net present value (NPV), presumably because they can more easily comprehend a percentage measure. This article demonstrates that, except in the rare case of an investment that is followed by a single cash return,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Measurement Techniques, Outcome Measures, Definitions