The Accounting Educator

>The Newsletter of the Teaching and Curriculum Section
American Accounting Association

Vol. IX No. 4 - Summer 2000

Western Regional Meeting Report

Coordinator: Bonita Peterson, Montana State University

Summary of the T&C section activities:

Papers presented:

"An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior with Kohlberg's Moral Reasoning to Predict the Effectiveness of Ethics Education on Working Adult Accounting Learners" by Raymond Ho, University of Phoenix.

"Cognitive Styles, Ethical Values, and International Accounting Education" by Richard C. Hulme, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and John E. Karayan, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

"Designing Accounting Curriculum for the Acquisition of Core Competencies" by Richard Gore, Boise State University and Debra Sanders, Washington State University.

"The Future of the CIA and the Internal Auditing Profession" by Richard G. Brody, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Kimberly E. Frank, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

"Fraud Education of Accounting Students: A Survey of Accounting Educators" by Bonita K. Peterson, Montana State University - Bozeman, and Barbara P. Reider, University of Alaska - Anchorage.

"An Exploratory Study of Entering Doctoral Students in Accounting" by Bill N. Schwartz, Virginia Commonwealth University and W. Darrell Walden, University of Richmond.

"Willingness to Enter and Perceptions of Accounting Doctoral Programs" by Vicki S. Peden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

"An Examination of the Ethical Beliefs of Business Students: 1990's Attitudes Compared to 1970's Attitudes" by Sharon K. Johns, Brigham Young University and Carolyn Strand, Seattle Pacific University.

"The Effects of Test Distractors on Students' Performance in the Managerial Accounting Course: How Many Choices are Enough?" by Philip R. Olds, Virginia Commonwealth University and W. Darrell Walden, University of Richmond.

"An Investigation of Attributes Associated with Accounting Scholars' Publishing in Non-Accounting Journals" by Anne L. Christensen, Portland State University and Claire K. Latham, Washington State University.

Best Education Paper Award:

"Fraud Education of Accounting Students: A Survey of Accounting Educators" by Bonita K. Peterson, Montana State University - Bozeman, and Barbara P. Reider, University of Alaska - Anchorage.

T&C-related panel presentations:

"Assessment Techniques Used by Successfully Accredited Accounting Programs" by Gerald B. Hoth, California State University, Fullerton; Clifford R. Skousen, Utah State University; Ephraim P. Smith, California State University, Fullerton; and Gary L. Sundem, University of Washington.

"The Accounting Profession in the New Millenium: Can Educators Meet the Challenge?" by Marc Massoud, Claremont College; Amin Elmalleh, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; John Karayan, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; and Mary Alice Seville, Oregon State University.

"Using Discovery Learning Cases to Teach Basic Accounting Concepts" by Thomas P. Edmonds, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

"The Practice Analysis of Management Accounting: Implications for Accounting Education" by Gary H . Siegel, DePaul University.

"Entrepreneurship in the Accounting Curriculum" by Les Nunn, University of Southern Indiana.


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