Accounting students’ online engagement, choice of course delivery format and their effects on academic performance

IF 2.5 Q2 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Accounting Education Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI:10.1080/09639284.2023.2254298

Yuanyuan Hu, Nirmala Nath, Yanhui Zhu, Fawzi Laswad

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Abstract

This study examines the effects of synchronous and non-synchronous online engagement on the academic performance of accounting students at a New Zealand university based on their choice of course delivery format – either distance learning or face-to-face learning with online components (F2F+). We track accounting students as they complete three financial accounting courses over three consecutive years. Drawing on social constructivism theory, we find that both synchronous and non-synchronous student online engagement are positively related to their academic performance, and this positive effect varies across assessment types. The positive effect of synchronous online engagement on student performance is more pronounced when students choose to learn via F2F+ rather than via distance learning. Further analyses show that the positive effect persists among students with different characteristics. These findings highlight the useful role of student online engagement in learning and provide support for universities to allow students to choose their preferred course delivery format.

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会计专业学生的网络参与度、课程形式的选择及其对学习成绩的影响

本研究考察了同步和非同步在线参与对新西兰一所大学会计专业学生学习成绩的影响，基于他们选择的课程交付形式-远程学习或面对面学习与在线组件(F2F+)。我们跟踪会计专业的学生，因为他们连续三年完成了三门财务会计课程。利用社会建构主义理论，我们发现同步和非同步的学生在线参与都与他们的学习成绩呈正相关，并且这种积极影响在不同的评估类型中有所不同。当学生选择通过F2F+学习而不是远程学习时，同步在线参与对学生表现的积极影响更为明显。进一步的分析表明，这种积极的影响在不同特征的学生中持续存在。这些发现强调了学生在线参与在学习中的有用作用，并为大学允许学生选择自己喜欢的课程交付形式提供了支持。

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Accounting Education BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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8.00

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21.90%

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期刊介绍： Now included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)! Accounting Education is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to publishing research-based papers on key aspects of accounting education and training of relevance to practitioners, academics, trainers, students and professional bodies, particularly papers dealing with the effectiveness of accounting education or training. It acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, opinions and research results relating to the preparation of students for careers in all walks of life for which accounting knowledge and understanding is relevant. In particular, for those whose present or future careers are in any of the following: business (for-profit and not-for-profit), public accounting, managerial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, controllership, treasury management, financial analysis, internal auditing, and accounting in government and other non-commercial organizations, as well as continuing professional development on the part of accounting practitioners.