Effective Learning Strategies Forum - Poster Sessions
Tuesday, August 5, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

1. Steps for Better Thinking
Presenter: Susan K. Wolcott, WolcottLynch

Description: This session will introduce various teaching, learning, and assessment application of Steps for Better Thinking. Steps for Better Thinking is a developmental problem-solving or inquiry process, grounded in two theories from developmental psychology: Fischer's dynamic skill theory (Fischer 1980; Fischer and Bidell 1998) and King and Kitchener's (1994) reflective judgment model of cognitive development. Steps for Better Thinking provides an innovative and practical way for accounting professors to efficiently foster and assess student competencies such as critical thinking, ethical reasoning, communication, teamwork, risk analysis, and lifelong learning. The poster materials for this session will include:

• A graphical presentation of Steps for Better Thinking, which illustrates how student skills develop in "steps"
• Examples of coursework assignments for fostering competency development · Rubrics for assessing student progress
• References to additional resources that make use of Steps for Better Thinking such as:
• • WolcottLynch website containing educator resources and a student tutorial
  • AAA Toolkit: Developing Critical Thinking: The Key to Professional Competencies
  • AICPS Core Competency Framework
  • Cost accounting textbook to be published by Wiley during 1994

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