Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2025
Abstract
The 2020 Guiding Principles and Standards of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation Standard 4.3 requires business students to be equipped with critical and analytical thinking skills. Killian (2013) states that by engaging students in a problem-based case study in an introductory-level managerial accounting course, students can acquire critical thinking skills, rather than memorize. Results from this study suggest critical thinking skills increased when it came to detecting, explaining, and defining a problem. Just as significant, critical thinking skills increase when a student encounters a problem and can solve it and make a conclusion. The paper concludes with the students’ perceptions of the case study and reflections on the methodology utilized. Emphasis on soft skills, like critical thinking, can be increased without sacrificing emphasis on technical issues.
Recommended Citation
Thompson, D. and Bryan, T., 2024. From Classroom to Boardroom: an in-depth look at critical thinking amongst accounting students. The Accounting Educators' Journal, 34(1); 113-117.
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