Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university
Understanding the motives, expectations and preparedness of students is important for accounting educators, as they seek to develop learning environments that promote high quality learning outcomes. This paper examines these factors with a sample of entry level students on a Business and Management...
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Universidad de Murcia
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| author | Jose L. Arquero Marann Byrne Barbara Flood Jose Maria Gonzalez |
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| description | Understanding the motives, expectations and preparedness of students is important for accounting educators, as they seek to develop learning environments that promote high quality learning outcomes. This paper examines these factors with a sample of entry level students on a Business and Management degree at a Spanish university. The study also explores the influence of these antecedent variables on academic performance in the first accounting module. The data were collected using a Spanish version of the MEPU questionnaire, which was developed by Byrne and Flood (2005 and 2007). The analysis revealed that students are motivated by a combination of intrinsic and vocationally-oriented factors and feel well prepared for higher education. Interest in accounting, experience of the subject at school, academic self-confidence and university access scores were all significantly correlated with performance. Some interesting gender differences were identified and variation among regular and repeating students was also examined. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ceac75f52c9f495e9aed855a5fda55d32022-12-22T00:38:21ZengUniversidad de MurciaRevista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review1138-48911988-46722009-07-0112210.1016/S1138-4891(09)70009-3Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish universityJose L. Arquero0Marann Byrne1Barbara Flood2Jose Maria Gonzalez3Universidad de SevillaDublin City UniversityDublin City UniversityUniversidad de SevillaUnderstanding the motives, expectations and preparedness of students is important for accounting educators, as they seek to develop learning environments that promote high quality learning outcomes. This paper examines these factors with a sample of entry level students on a Business and Management degree at a Spanish university. The study also explores the influence of these antecedent variables on academic performance in the first accounting module. The data were collected using a Spanish version of the MEPU questionnaire, which was developed by Byrne and Flood (2005 and 2007). The analysis revealed that students are motivated by a combination of intrinsic and vocationally-oriented factors and feel well prepared for higher education. Interest in accounting, experience of the subject at school, academic self-confidence and university access scores were all significantly correlated with performance. Some interesting gender differences were identified and variation among regular and repeating students was also examined.https://revistas.um.es/rcsar/article/view/375871Accounting educationacademic performancemotivesexpectations and preparednessSpanish higher education |
| spellingShingle | Jose L. Arquero Marann Byrne Barbara Flood Jose Maria Gonzalez Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university Revista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review Accounting education academic performance motives expectations and preparedness Spanish higher education |
| title | Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university |
| title_full | Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university |
| title_fullStr | Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university |
| title_short | Motives, expectations, preparedness and academic performance: a study of students of accounting at a spanish university |
| title_sort | motives expectations preparedness and academic performance a study of students of accounting at a spanish university |
| topic | Accounting education academic performance motives expectations and preparedness Spanish higher education |
| url | https://revistas.um.es/rcsar/article/view/375871 |
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