Financial Accounting
Harrison

For introductory courses in Financial Accounting taught from a more traditional "preparer" approach. Financial Accounting, 6e nails the accounting cycle up front to increase student success and retention later. For introductory courses in Financial Accounting taught from a more traditional "preparer" approach. Financial Accounting, 6e nails the accounting cycle up front to increase student success and retention later.   Q: Do your students struggle with the Accounting Cycle?  Does it feel foreign to them?  Does their inability to grasp it the first time through hurt them later in the course? A: Financial Accounting, 6e helps students LEARN, PRACTICE, and REMBEMBER the accounting cycle.ˇ        Learn:  A specially designed (tailored to the textbook) Accounting Cycle Tutorial program is integrated in the first three chapters (icons in the margin point students to an online program, a free website that accompanies the textbook).  o       The program includes tutorials, interactive animations, and practice questions that provide students with additional, beyond the book instruction on the accounting cycle.  ˇ        Practice:  Before beginning their homework, students are guided to a no password required online practice environment.  There, they can work on problems that help them master the accounting cycle.  o       The problems: (a) are algorithmic, giving students a chance to practice until they have mastery, (b) provide immediate feedback, giving students a chance to see how well they are doing right away, (c) mirror those in the book, giving students a chance to practice before doing "the real thing".  ˇ        Remember:  A unique Accounting Cycle Pocket Guide is included in the textbook following Chapter 2.  It is a tear-out, 4-color, laminated guide that illustrates the key steps in the accounting cycle.o       Students can have this open to refer to as they work through the remainder of the course, helping them cement the concept of the accounting cycle as they apply it. OTHER POINTS OF DIFFERENTIATION:Q: What do you do in your course to help students bridge the gap between memorizing the concepts and actually being able to use the concepts to make real decisions?   A: Financial Accounting, 6e provides specific support for helping students bridge this gap by consistently taking a "first you learn it, then you use it" approach. Taking Action (NEW):  immediately following the introduction of a new concept, students are asked to make a quick business decisions.Allows students to immediately apply concepts, and enables them to check their understanding of the material before moving on.  Making Managerial Decisions:  Present specific situations that need a decision, along with the accounting guidelines to use in making the decisions. An easy-to-use table format allows students to easily see the relationship between the guidelines and real decisions.Accounting Alerts! (NEW):   Boxes in each chapter focus on issues that affect decisions, or pitfalls to watch out for.  Some are illustrated with actual situations.Students find it interesting and valuable to learn what NOT to do by seeing the negative impacts on real companies of poor accounting decision-making.   Q:  Ultimately, how do students really attain a solid grasp of the material in your course?  A: Practice, practice, practice.   Financial Accounting, 6e, is written with this in mind.  There is a huge variety of problems available for you to assign, or for students to work on independently.  These problems do not come at the end-of-chapter only, but instead are scattered through the material to ensure that students cement their understanding as they go through a chapter.   IN TEXTStop and Think exercisesQuick checks get students immediately doing something (we learn best by doing).Mid-Chapter Summary ProblemStudents check their understanding with a comprehensive problem halfway through.End of Chapter Summary ProblemStudents check their total comprehension of all chapter material.Chapter Review Quiz (NEW!)Multiple choice questions at the end-of-chapter that include answers for quick self-assessment.Check Points: brief exercises with margin references throughout the text, plus page numbers within the exercises Students can easily see when to do the exercise and where to review if necessary.Exercises: more substantial exercises focused on chapter topics, with margin icons for writing, Excel, and General Ledger applications. Problems:  two mirror-image sets of substantial exercises, with margin icons for writing, Excel, and General Ledger applications. Apply Your Knowledge:  Decision Cases, Focus on Financials case, Focus on Analysis case, Group ProjectONLINE       OneKey online course accompanies the textbook.  One feature of this course is that it provides the exact end-of-chapter problems from the book in a bank from which Instructors can choose problems to assign for homework (and students get immediate feedback). Self assessment Quizzes- help students understand concepts and prepare for exams.  Gives immediate feedback.        

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Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Ekonomia
ISBN: 978-0-13-149945-4
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