An International Meeting of the American Accounting Association 2005 Annual Meeting August 7–10, 2005 San Francisco, California Come to the City by the Bay!

Effective Learning Strategies Forum
Tuesday, August 9, 2005

Session 20
The ROAD TRIP Experience

Presenter:
Margaret Ruggieri, Providence College

Description:
Want to help your students learn about REAL business situations and excite them about accounting? This session will take you on a ROAD TRIP through a creative and fun way for introductory accounting students to develop an understanding of inventory and internal controls. This cooperative team project takes the students out of the classroom and out on the road to experience a "live" business environment. Based on information obtained and personal observation, students gain an understanding and awareness of controls and procedures regarding inventory management. The experience transforms an often "dry" topic to life! Students share their experience via a multi-media presentation. Examples of student work, reflections on student learning, and comments from student evaluations will be provided.

At this session you will learn how this unique learning strategy addresses the elements of professional demeanor, problem-solving and decision making, interaction, communication and project management, identified in the AICPA's Core Competency Framework for Entry Into the Accounting Profession's personal competencies. In addition, it will illustrate how the AICPA's functional competencies of reporting, use of technology, and risk analysis are being developed.

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