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Using Comprehensive Research Projects for Skill Development and Responsive Learning Assessment: A Portfolio Approach

Margaret N. Boldt, Allen K. Hunt, Brad J. Reed

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

ISBN: 978-1-78190-840-2

Publication date: 11 July 2013

Abstract

A framework for developing a multi-course undergraduate research project is presented, which (1) allows students to connect coursework learning with real company data, (2) engages students in relevant critical analysis, and (3) provides meaningful, content-rich learning assessment data that can be used to improve student learning. Sample assignments, an assessment rubric, and sample assessment data reports are also presented to illustrate how diverse assignments, with regard to scope, structure, and accounting skills, can be evaluated and used to improve student learning across the accounting curriculum. Importantly, the process of responding to the assessment data to make improvements to “close the loop” is discussed.

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Acknowledgments

This chapter has also benefited from reviewers and participants at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association. We also thank the editor for helpful comments.

Citation

Boldt, M.N., Hunt, A.K. and Reed, B.J. (2013), "Using Comprehensive Research Projects for Skill Development and Responsive Learning Assessment: A Portfolio Approach", Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations (Advances in Accounting Education, Vol. 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 293-312. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1085-4622(2013)0000014019

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited