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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Making Databases Relevant in the Accounting Information Systems Course: Exercises for the |
| The pivotal role played by computers in acquiring, storing, and processing financial information requires that |
| accountants, and therefore accounting students, have a thorough understanding of the underlying principles of data |
| composition and data structures. In addition, in order to facilitate the deep learning that will sustain these students |
| past the point-and-click mechanics of the software du jour, it is important that a pedagogical strategy such as |
| problem-based learning be used in the classroom, especially during the early learning phases of database courses. |
| This presentation will provide some specific examples of classroom exercises designed to incorporate the student’s |
| current knowledge of everyday business situa-tions with higher order concepts of data models and their impact on |
| managerial information. The pres-entation will first discuss the current state of Accounting Information Systems |
| curricular, the concepts of problem-based learning, and examples of classroom exercises to teach database concepts |
ISSN
1535-07-03
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Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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