Assessing the Success of a Discipline-Based Communication Skills Development and Enhancement Program in a Graduate Accounting Course

Autor/inn/en	Barratt, Catherine; Hanlon, Dean; Rankin, Michaela
Titel	Assessing the Success of a Discipline-Based Communication Skills Development and Enhancement Program in a Graduate Accounting Course
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 30 (2011) 6, S.681-695 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2010.527929
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Diagnostic Tests; Writing Skills; Accounting; Communication Skills; Writing Instruction; Formative Evaluation; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Workshops; Business Communication; Skill Development; Academic Support Services; Foreign Students; College Instruction; Graduate Students; English for Special Purposes; Outcome Measures; Focus Groups; Instructional Effectiveness; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Kommunikationsstil; Schreibunterricht; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Unternehmenskommunikation; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Hochschullehre; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Unterrichtserfolg; Australien
Abstract	In this paper we present results of the impact diagnostic testing and associated context-specific workshops have on students' written communication skills in a graduate-level accounting course. We find that students who undertook diagnostic testing performed better in their first semester accounting subject. This improvement is positively associated with student attendance at context-specific writing skills-based workshops. When we extend the analysis to examine the long-term benefits of participation in the academic development program, there is evidence that diagnostic testing has led to sustained improvement in students' writing ability within their final semester accounting subject. (Contains 11 notes, 6 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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