Approximately 50 different interactive crossword puzzles have been created by AccountingCoach.com for Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting. Topics covered include: 1) Accounting Basics, 2) Accounting Principles, 3) Adjusting Entries, 4) Balance Sheet, 5) Bank Reconciliation, 6) Break-Even Point, 7) Cash Flow Statement, 8) Chart of Accounts, 9) Debits and Credits, 10) Depreciation, 11) Evaluating Business Investments, 12) Financial Ratios, 13) Improving Profits, 14) Incomes Statement, 15) Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold, 16) Lower of Cost or Market, 17) Overhead and Activity Based Costing, 18) Payroll Accounting, 19) Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity, 20) Present Value of One, 21) Standard Costing, and 22) Stockholders' Equity. Two comprehensive puzzles as well as all solutions are also available.
Type of Material:
Drill and practice
Recommended Uses:
Homework, in-class, individual or team; could also be built into lecture or review.
Technical Requirements:
Current browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
To provide recall of an array of terms relating to 22 different topics in principles of financial and managerial accounting.
Target Student Population:
High school or lower division college students
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic terminology for financial and managerial accounting principles courses. Students should be studying the same material covered in a particular crossword puzzle.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This site contains more crossword puzzles than instructors are likely to find in any other one location.
Content is clear and concise and informed by scholarship.
Each puzzle contains an adequate amount of material for drill and practice purposes per topic with 29-39 terms used per topic.
Concerns:
This site is loaded with advertisements and the number seems to grow with every new log on.
While the introduction to the site claims to have printable versions of the crossword puzzles, in most cases, a "Comming Soon" message appears, instead of a link to the printable version.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Comprehensive coverage of a variety of topics for the introductory accounting courses.
An introductory paragraph precedes each topic which serves as an adequate review before beginning the drill and practice task.
Overall the crossword puzzles serve as a very efficient and effective drill and practice teaching tool. Users can repeatedly attempt to answer each item correctly and have answers checked. In addition, clicking the Solve button returns the correct response on an item by item basis.
Concerns:
In some cases, terms used may be ones that a student is not likely to encounter. As a result, instructors really do need to solve each puzzle prior to assigning it.
Students would benefit from prior exposure to the terms either through lecture, reading, or past course work.
No full complete solution is not readily available for instructors.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The crossword puzzles available at this site are easy to use.
Excellent use of visual appeal and graphics design have been incororated.
The puzzles engage the learner through their interactive nature.
Feedback is provided in terms of the number of letters provided. The number of incorrect responses is given and the specific location of the error(s) highlighted. In addition the number of blank responses is also identified.
Users can change responses, recheck their answers, or give up and solve a particular item.
Concerns:
Instructors might need to provide a demonstration as one learns what can and can't be done through trial and error.
Number of advertisements appearing is a distraction.
Print versions are not available as claimed.
Other Issues and Comments:
One of the best sources of crossword puzzles for principles of accounting encountered to date.
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