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Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

ISBN: 978-1-83797-173-2, eISBN: 978-1-83797-172-5

ISSN: 1085-4622

Publication date: 14 December 2023

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(2023), "Index", Calderon, T.G. (Ed.) Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations (Advances in Accounting Education, Vol. 27), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1085-462220230000027016

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Copyright © 2024 Thomas G. Calderon


INDEX

Abnormal spoilage
, 198

Absorption cost per unit produced
, 179

Academic performance, regression model for
, 94

Accounting
, 149

(see also Undergraduate accounting)
for costs
, 199, 202

curriculum
, 10, 156–157, 160, 162–163

decision support systems in
, 106

generative AI and subdomains of
, 112–113

pedagogy
, 103–105, 112, 116

programs
, 12, 148

research
, 30–31

systems
, 112

topics
, 5

Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAERs)
, 48, 51

Accounting courses

classroom implementation of professional cases
, 34–35

grading
, 35–36

intermediate accounting professional case grading
, 37–39

planning process for professional case classroom incorporation
, 32–33

professional accounting research and intermediate course details
, 33

professional accounting research and intermediate course objectives
, 33–34

professional accounting research case grading
, 36–37

professional case topics and questions
, 39

student learning and feedback
, 39–40

use practitioner created professional case studies in
, 31

working with practitioners to develop cases
, 31

Accounting Education Change Commission, The
, 175

Accounting information systems (AIS)
, 31, 107–112, 159, 164

assignment instructions
, 49–52

course and learning objectives
, 48

grading
, 52

internal controls research project
, 48–49

student learning and feedback
, 52–54

Accounting Standards Codification
, 34

Accreditation bodies
, 159

Advanced excel analysis tools
, 8–9, 16

Alteryx
, 9

American Accounting Association (AAA)
, 156

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
, 4–5, 156, 158

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
, 72

Analysis ToolPak
, 8

Analytics technologies
, 5

ANOVA procedure
, 7

Anthropic Claude
, 126

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
, 123

Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 115, 121, 126, 145

(see also Generative AI)
Assignment instructions
, 121

initial response
, 121

revised response
, 121

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
, 156–157, 159

AACSB–accredited accounting programs
, 157

Accounting Standard A7
, 157

Accreditation
, 161

Audience-response system (ARS)
, 208

Audit Standard No. 2
, 48

Augmentation premise
, 103, 107–108

Augmented example while ignoring spoilage
, 202–203

Basic accounting for costs
, 196–198

Basic process costing, worksheets in
, 193

Big data
, 121, 157

analytics
, 122

Bing AI
, 126

Blockchain
, 14

Bottom-up approach
, 49

Brazil exercise
, 132–134

Bronze nature scenes (BNS)
, 178, 188

Business analytics and reporting (BAR)
, 6

Business cycle processes
, 48

Business student investors’ perceptions of public company context

competitive strategy
, 80

financial flexibility
, 80

management credibility
, 80

scale
, 80

survey items on
, 80

Case creation process
, 31

ChatGPT
, 121, 126, 129, 135, 140, 146, 150

AI output students
, 108

background on tax accounting education
, 147

benefits and costs of
, 148–149

challenges in tax education
, 147–148

need for subject matter knowledge
, 149

output provided to students
, 122–123

questions require level of judgment
, 150

response
, 151–152

“right” question to ask
, 150–151

in tax courses
, 149

ChatGPT Plus
, 130

ChatGPT-3. 5
, 127, 130

ChatGPT-4
, 130

Classroom

implementation of professional cases
, 34–35

impact of student laptop use in
, 83–86

COBIT
, 15

Competitive strategy
, 61, 80

perception of
, 64–65

Complete costing

absorption cost per unit produced
, 179

using activity
, 177–178

completing activity
, 180

cost-plus method
, 180

determine full cost per unit
, 179

determine selling and administrative cost per unit sold
, 179

evaluate product viability
, 180

evidence from faculty
, 185

evidence from students
, 182–185

evidence of efficacy
, 182

grading activity
, 182

using information given, assign operating costs to four departments
, 178–179

intended audience
, 177

literature and learning objectives
, 175–176

possible modifications
, 180–181

seven segments
, 178

target cost for each product
, 178

Content revision index (CRI)
, 108, 116

Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM)
, 122

Control theory principles
, 104

“Core”-plus-“discipline” model
, 159, 165

Cosine similarity index
, 134

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
, 181

Cost-plus method
, 180

Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP)
, 174

Course material, students who struggle with
, 85–86

COVID-19

crisis
, 206

pandemic
, 156, 206

CPA Evolution initiative
, 4–5, 159, 165

CPA exam
, 4

Critical thinking
, 30, 40

Crowdsourcing approach
, 112

Cryptocurrency
, 14

Curriculum
, 11

Cybernetics
, 102

DSS in accounting
, 106

generative AI
, 106–107

generative AI and AIS
, 108–112

generative AI and subdomains of accounting
, 112–113

generative AI and syllabi considerations
, 113–115

literature review
, 104–105

method
, 107

beyond syllabi
, 115–116

Cybersecurity
, 4, 10

Data analytics
, 4–5, 8–10, 157, 159, 164

integration
, 162

issues
, 163–165

literature review
, 157–161

methodology
, 161

results
, 162

subskills
, 9

Data extraction, transformation, and loading
, 8, 16

Data integration tools
, 123

Data management
, 11

Data visualization
, 9, 16

Data warehouses
, 123

Data warehousing
, 11

Database query skills
, 17

Decision making
, 62

innovative approach to teaching financial statement analysis for
, 63–66

Decision support systems (DSS)
, 106

in accounting
, 106

Decision-making process
, 147

Deep fakes
, 107

Deep learning
, 102

Definition stage, design thinking
, 105

Descriptive statistics
, 87

Design thinking
, 103

DSS in accounting
, 106

generative AI
, 106–107

generative AI and AIS
, 108–112

generative AI and subdomains of accounting
, 112–113

generative AI and syllabi considerations
, 113–115

literature review
, 105–110

method
, 107

beyond syllabi
, 115–116

Digital acumen
, 4, 10–11

Dodd-Frank Act
, 113

Dwelling unit
, 40

Educational tools
, 208

Educators in pandemic, stress factors affecting
, 207–208

Email
, 82

Emerging skills for career success

cybersecurity
, 10

data analytics
, 8–10

digital acumen
, 10–11

IT audit
, 13–14

IT governance
, 14–15

IT risks and controls
, 11–12

literature review
, 5–6

method
, 6–7

predictive analytics
, 12–13

results
, 7–8

SOC reports
, 15–16

teaching locus
, 16

Emerging technology
, 5, 102, 115

Emerging topics
, 4

and subtopic descriptions
, 20–24

teaching locus professionals’ opinions
, 25–27

Empathy stage, design thinking
, 105

Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP systems)
, 107, 123

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
, 113

Evolution initiative
, 5

Excel
, 5, 9–10

data analysis tools
, 8

spreadsheet tools
, 6

Experiential FSA approach
, 62

Experiential learning
, 60

Experimentation
, 105

Extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL)
, 8, 123

Facebook
, 82

FASB Codification database
, 96

Feedback loops
, 104–105

Feedback mechanisms
, 106

Field study
, 86

design of
, 86

results
, 87–92

FIFO method
, 192–193, 196, 202

Financial accounting class
, 127, 132

Financial flexibility
, 65–66, 68, 80

Financial Reporting II
, 31

Financial statement analysis (FSA)
, 60, 65

control variables
, 74–75

descriptive statistics
, 68–69

financial statements analyses task
, 67

fixed effects
, 79–75

interdisciplinary financial statement analysis model
, 62–66

learning objective
, 62

pre–post survey analysis
, 69–72

for problem solving
, 66

results
, 68

student participants and study design
, 66–67

survey instrument and variables
, 67–68

test
, 72–73

Financial statement analysis for decision making, innovative approach to teaching
, 63

Formal tax research memo
, 44

Full cost
, 174–176

per unit
, 179

Fundamental differences
, 191–192

Fuzzy Lookup
, 9

add-ins for Excel
, 8

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
, 106

Generative AI
, 102, 106–107, 107–112, 127

background
, 129

Brazil exercise
, 132–134

implications for teaching and learning
, 140–141

method
, 132

research questions
, 131–132

results and observations
, 134–140

and subdomains of accounting
, 112–113

and syllabi considerations
, 113–115

tools
, 130, 149

USA exercise
, 134

Google Bard
, 126

Google-equivalent Chinese technology
, 102

Grading rubric
, 52

and advice for tax research assignment and course
, 45

Grant Industries
, 194

Graphics processing units (GPUs)
, 106

Handwrite notes
, 82–83

Higher education system
, 206

Home office deduction authority
, 43

Ideation stage, design thinking
, 105

Information systems integration
, 160

Information technology (IT)
, 48, 159

Audit
, 4, 13–14

governance
, 4, 14–15

risks and controls
, 11–12

Innovative worksheet approach
, 192

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
, 158, 164

Integration

of technology competencies
, 156

of tools and concepts
, 40

Interactive class structure, mitigating effect of
, 84–85

Interdisciplinary Financial Statement Analysis Model
, 62

financial flexibility
, 65–66

individual and group investment decisions
, 66

innovative approach to teaching financial statement analysis for decision making
, 63

perception of competitive strategy
, 64–65

Intermediate accounting

course objectives
, 33

intermediate accounting I or II course
, 33

professional case grading
, 37–39

Internal analysis
, 64

Internal Controls Research Project
, 48–49

embedded in accounting information systems course
, 48–54

Internal Revenue Code
, 43

International tax
, 48

JSM Inc.
, 177–178, 188–189

Laptop note-takers, performance of
, 83–84

Laptop note-taking
, 82

choice to type or handwrite notes
, 82–83

experiment
, 92

experiment results
, 92–95

experimental design
, 92

field study
, 86

literature review and hypothesis development
, 82

method
, 86

performance of laptop note-takers versus longhand note-takers
, 83–86

impact of student laptop use in classroom
, 83–86

Laptops as distractors
, 84

Large language models (LLM)
, 103, 129

Learning

implications for
, 140–141

process
, 34, 127

Learning management system (LMS)
, 132, 219

“Less points off” approach
, 36

LinkedIn
, 67

Longhand note-takers, performance of
, 83–84

Longhand note-taking

choice to type or handwrite notes
, 82–83

experiment
, 92

experiment results
, 92–95

experimental design
, 92

field study
, 86

literature review and hypothesis development
, 82

method
, 86

performance of laptop note-takers versus longhand note-takers
, 83–86

impact of student laptop use in classroom
, 83–86

Machine learning

algorithms
, 123

techniques
, 102

Management credibility
, 60–61, 64, 80

Manufacturing overhead (MOH)
, 176

costs
, 188

MOH-carving
, 178

MOH-staining, office support, and sales
, 178

MBA students
, 60, 68

Mining
, 11

Model Curriculum, The
, 10

Multiple regressions
, 8

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
, 4–5

National Center for Education Statistics, The
, 209

Natural intelligence (NI)
, 103, 147

Natural language processing (NPL)
, 102

Neural networks
, 102

Non-course-related activities
, 82

Non-statistical models
, 12

Northern Illinois University (NIU)
, 31, 48

Note-taking method
, 88–89

Online learning
, 219

Overall Case scores
, 35–36

Pandemic, stress factors affecting students and educators in
, 207–208

Parallel processing
, 15

Pathways Commission
, 30

Pedagogical strategies
, 115

Peer scores
, 35–36

Perceived behavioral control
, 65

Physical process
, 131

Planning process for professional case classroom incorporation
, 32–33

Pre-determined overhead rate (POHR)
, 175

Predictive analytics
, 4, 12

Presentation scores
, 35–36

Problem solving

FSA for
, 66–68

skills
, 148

Problem/issue identification
, 40

Process costing
, 191

basic accounting for costs
, 196–198

complicated example
, 198–200

literature review
, 192–193

worksheets in basic process costing
, 193–196

Product viability
, 176

Professional accounting research

case grading
, 36–37

and intermediate course details
, 33

and intermediate course objectives
, 33–34

Professional cases
, 33

classroom implementation of
, 34–35

planning process for professional case classroom incorporation
, 32–33

Professional research skills
, 30

Professional tax research skills for undergraduates
, 40

grading rubric and advice for tax research assignment and course
, 45

student responses and professional tax research activity impact
, 45–48

tax research goals, course structure, and learning objectives
, 40–43

undergraduate tax research memo assignment
, 43–45

Prompt-engineering
, 117

Proper communication protocols
, 219

Prototyping stage, design thinking
, 105

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
, 48

Public company context, survey items on business student investors’ perceptions of
, 80

PwC global workforce survey of hopes and fears (2022)
, 126

Quality improvement index (QII)
, 108, 116

“Quantum leap” convergence
, 102

Regression

analysis
, 217–218

model for academic performance
, 94

Research process
, 31, 34

Revenue cycle
, 49

Sales and administrative costs (SA costs)
, 181

SAP University Alliance program
, 11

Selling and administrative cost calculations (SA cost calculations)
, 174–175, 185

7-point Likert scale
, 80

Silicon Valley Bank
, 127

Silo effect
, 174

SKEMA
, 219

Skills-based capstone course
, 41

Socialization process
, 126

Spoilage
, 198

Spreadsheet format
, 192

“Stack method” of grading
, 37

Stakeholders
, 156

Statistical concepts
, 9

Statistical tools
, 8

Stock decisions
, 61

Stone-mounted animal statues (SMA)
, 178, 188

Stress factors affecting students and educators in pandemic
, 207–208

Student laptop use in classroom

impact of
, 83–86

distracting behavior affects student performance
, 84

laptops as distractors
, 84

mitigating effect of interactive class structure
, 84–85

performance of laptop note-takers vs. longhand note-takers
, 83–84

Students
, 33, 49, 65, 67, 87, 132, 192, 200, 207–208

learning and feedback
, 39–40, 52–54

responses and professional tax research activity impact
, 45–48

sample handout for
, 188

stress factors affecting students in pandemic
, 207–208

struggle with course material
, 85–86

Students’ perceptions of online class delivery during COVID-19 pandemic

background
, 207

cross-sectional differences among students
, 209

descriptive statistics
, 211

method
, 209–210

regression analysis
, 217–218

results
, 213

sample
, 210

selection of course delivery modality
, 208–209

stress factors affecting students and educators in pandemic
, 207–208

student GPA before and during pandemic
, 211

survey results
, 213–217

Subject matter knowledge, need for
, 149

Subjective norms
, 66

Survey responses
, 11

Systems organization and control (SOC)
, 4

reports
, 15–16

Tableau
, 5

Target price
, 176, 181

Tax accounting education, background on
, 147

Tax education, current challenges in
, 147–148

Tax research

course
, 41

goals
, 40–43

grading rubric and advice for tax research assignment and course
, 45

Taxation
, 147, 149

Teaching

approach
, 60

implications for 140–141

locus
, 16

Testing stage, design thinking
, 105

Text similarity
, 134

Theory of planned behavior (TPB)
, 62–63

context of
, 64

Traditional FSA
, 60

Traditional process costing methods
, 192

Treasury Regulations
, 43

Trust service principles
, 15

Tukey test
, 12–13, 15

Two-tailed test
, 8

Undergraduate accounting

capstone course
, 47

develop professional tax research skills for undergraduates
, 40–48

faculty
, 30

internal controls research project embedded in accounting information systems course
, 48–54

use practitioner created professional case studies in accounting courses
, 31–40

Undergraduate tax research

course
, 47

memo assignment
, 43–45

Undergraduates, professional tax research skills for
, 40–43

Uniform CPA examination
, 159

Univariate
, 8

University of Hawaii at Manoa, The (UH)
, 40–41

Variables
, 79

Web surfing
, 82

Weighted–average method
, 191, 193, 197, 202

Worksheets
, 202

approach
, 194, 200

in basic process costing
, 193–196

YouTube
, 67

“Zero up” approach
, 36