Revitalizing Student Learning in Accounting through Use of Rubric Designs

• In Event: Potpourri Dialogue Session
  In Dialogue Session: Potpourri Dialog Session

Abstract

With the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) momentum started in the late 1990s and early 2000s and continuing to the present to have B-Schools focus on assurance of learning and meet its “Assurance of Learning Standards,” the concept of “rubrics” to help faculty gauge student learning has continued and taken on increased emphasis. The AICPA Core Competency (2007) as well as the recent “Charting a Strategy for the Next Generation of accountants” report by the Pathways Commission on Accounting Educations (2012) provide support for study and implementation of teaching innovations such as rubric designs to improve the quality of accounting education. The need for research in this area is evident in that the dramatic increase in technology has brought with it increased focus on ability to manage various hardware and software technologies. However with the increased demands for technical competence felt in both education and the work place, the resultant overreliance on technology and associated skills may be at the expense of deficiencies in learning outcomes in communication and critical thinking skills. Our presentation will include sharing of rubric designs used in accounting courses. It is our hope that teaching accounting will be enhanced with the use of such suggested guides. Takeaways for faculty visiting our site include suggestions on topics for discussion questions at various levels of instruction, rubric design instruments that may be used both in the classroom and for take-home assignments, and ways to assist the faculty in grading students and helping the process of overall assurance of learning.

Authors

• Maria L. Bullen, Dominican University of California

• Greg Kordecki, Clayton State University

• Elizabeth Capener, Dominican University of California