Developing Students' Technical Knowledge and Professional Skills: A Sequence of Short Cases in Intermediate Financial Accounting

Skaife, Hollis Ashbaugh; Zehms, Karla M.

Developing Students' Technical Knowledge and Professional Skills: A Sequence of Short Cases in Intermediate Financial Accounting

As published in Issues in Accounting Education, Vol 15, No 1, February 2000

Posted: 28 Jun 2000

See all articles by Hollis Ashbaugh Skaife

Karla M. Zehms

University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Accounting and Information Systems

Abstract

Presented in this manuscript is a series of three cases that require students to research, analyze, and write about emerging financial accounting issues or extensions of existing technical pronouncements. Specifically, the cases focus on accounts receivable valuation, environmental liabilities reporting, and the accounting for purchased in-process research and development. Throughout the three-case sequence, the complexity of the technical accounting issues and the research, analytical, and written communication requirements are gradually increased in order to facilitate the development of students' technical knowledge and professional skills.

JEL Classification: M41, M44, A22

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Skaife, Hollis Ashbaugh and Zehms, Karla M., Developing Students' Technical Knowledge and Professional Skills: A Sequence of Short Cases in Intermediate Financial Accounting. As published in Issues in Accounting Education, Vol 15, No 1, February 2000. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=232232