Student-centred learning in a passive learning environment: students' perception and performance
This study attempts to seek students’ preference of teaching methods for the Accounting Theory course and to compare students’ performance in classes using student-centred learning (SCL) with traditional lecture method (TLM), in a passive learning environment. Results reveal that the teaching me...
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Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/41520/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41520/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41520/1/UPMIJEM2013.pdf |
| Summary: | This study attempts to seek students’ preference of teaching methods for
the Accounting Theory course and to compare students’ performance
in classes using student-centred learning (SCL) with traditional lecture
method (TLM), in a passive learning environment. Results reveal that
the teaching method most frequently ranked highest by students is still
the TLM. Also, there is no significant difference between students’
performance under SCL or TLM. While this is unexpected, it is
possible that SCL may not have the expected positive results when the
students have been largely exposed to a passive learning environment.
The results have important implications for accounting educators and
policy-makers in Malaysia and other countries, particularly in the
Asia-Pacific region where the learning environment is more passive. |
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