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    <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">An analysis of accounting exam answers: an inductive case study of response characteristics</h1>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Ridley, Gail</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>An analysis of accounting exam answers: an inductive case study of response characteristics.</xhtml:em> In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Accounting and Corporate Governance Education, 31 Jan - 2 Feb 2007, Hobart, Australia.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_715' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/702/1/E-PrintsRidley.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_715' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/text_html.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_715"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/702/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/702/1/E-PrintsRidley.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">HTML</span></a><br />104Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/business/faculty/conference/conf.htm">http://www.utas.edu.au/business/faculty/conference/conf.htm</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This paper reports upon an exploratory study that aimed to identify and benchmark characteristics to account for the failure of students in short essay-style answers in the final examination of a second year core accounting unit.  The purpose of doing so was to develop a benchmark against which future examination outcomes could be compared, to identify any differences in the outcome characteristics between international and domestic students and to inform the future redevelopment of the unit content and its delivery.  An inductive approach was taken to the descriptive, quantitative analysis of 120 examination answers from 45 students, identifying themes using thematic analysis techniques.  Although international students dominated both the group of students who had failed in the examination, and the failing answers, the same themes were found in the answers of both student groups, and the ranked order of the themes for both was similar.  Modifications to the teaching and learning framework used for future delivery of the unit, and subsequent evaluations of similar assessment, will contribute to a better understanding of the causal links between the delivery and assessment outcomes.  Future research will confirm whether the characteristics found apply to other accounting higher education contexts.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">assessment, international students, domestic students, examinations, benchmark, inductive, accounting education, accounting information systems, deep learning, teaching and learning framework </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/330305.html">330000 Education &gt; 330300 Professional Development of Teachers &gt; 330305 Teacher Education - Higher Education</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/330109.html">330000 Education &gt; 330100 Education Studies &gt; 330109 Assessment and Evaluation</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/350107.html">350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services &gt; 350100 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability &gt; 350107 Other Accounting</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">702</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Gail Ridley</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">14 Feb 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=702;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=702">item control page</a></p>
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