The Accounting EducatorThe Newsletter of the Teaching and Curriculum Section |
News From the Midwest RegionReported by Nancy Foran The Midwest Regional Meeting was held at the Airport Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 22-24, 1999. A major portion of both the CPE workshops and the program consisted of teaching and curriculum issues. All of the T&C related sessions were very well attended - many were "standing room only!" Although some teaching and curriculum related papers were presented in other sessions, the following 16 papers were presented at sessions that were specifically identified as T&C sessions: Research, Teaching and Service in Accounting Faculty Evaluations by K. Raghunandan, Dasaratha V. Rama, and Roland Richard of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth The Use of Small Group Discussion Versus Written Assignments During Interspersed Pauses by Robert L. Braun and William R. Simpson of Southeastern Louisiana University Using Practitioners' Viewpoints to Help Improve Accounting Students' Communication Skills by Alan Reinstein of Wayne State University and Thomas Weirich and Donald Nellermoe of Central Michigan University Assessing Competencies Using Academic Service Learning in a Graduate Accounting Capstone Course by Gary B. McCombs, Mohsen Sharifi, and Susan Kattelus of Eastern Michigan University Adapting Non-Procedural Accounting Courses to an Interactive Distance Learning Environment by George Peek, Nancy Smith, and Penelope J. Yunker of Western Illinois University An Ex-Ante Assessment Model for Distance Education and its Application by Kate Mooney and Jim Stanley of St. Cloud State University CPA Firms' Home Page Evaluation Project by Lucia Peek and George S. Peek of Western Illinois University and Maria L. Roxas of Central Connecticut State University Teaching Students to Use the Internet to Locate and Use Tax Related Information by Nancy J. Foran of Wichita State University Integrating Research into the Financial Accounting Curriculum by Bill D. Jarnagin of Wichita State University and LuAnn Bean of Pittsburg State University A Practical Guide to Creating Motivating Classroom Activities in Introductory Financial Accounting by Joann R. Segovia, Texas Tech University Class Length and Student Performance in Introductory Accounting Courses by Sid R. Ewer, Olen L. Greer, Wilbur Bridges, and Barry Lewis of Southwest Missouri State University Copy Old Forms to Teach New Tax Law by Ken Fowler of Mankato State University Cooperative Learning Teams Perceptions of Accounting Students by Robert Holtfreter of Central Washington University and Kristy L. Holtfreter of Michigan State University A 'Nuts and Bolts' Activity-Based Management Exercise: Pole Testing in the Rural Electric Industry by Tom D. Lewis, Creighton University |