Differences in students’ reading comprehension of international financial reporting standards : a South African case

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Title
Differences in students’ reading comprehension of international financial reporting standards : a South African case
Description
This study explores differences in students’ reading comprehension of International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a South African financial reporting class with a
heterogeneous student cohort. Statistically significant differences were identified for prior
academic performance, language of instruction, first language and enrolment in the
Thuthuka programme. Where students, in a heterogeneous financial reporting class, require
additional interventions to develop their reading comprehension, instructors may need to
consider implementing differentiated instruction. Although this study considers South African
students, the results may be of interest in other multicultural or multilingual environments,
particularly where students also have diverse traits and backgrounds and have to
comprehend learning material in a second language.
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raed20
2017-12-31
hb2016
Accounting
Creator
Coetzee, Stephen
Janse van Rensburg, Cecile
Schmulian, Astrid
Publisher
Date
2016-10-11T09:25:31Z
2016-06
Type
Postprint Article
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
Stephen A. Coetzee, Cecile Janse van Rensburg & Astrid Schmulian
(2016) Differences in students’ reading comprehension of international financial reporting standards: a South African case, Accounting Education, 25:4, 306-326, DOI:10.1080/09639284.2016.1191269.
0963-9284 (print)
1468-4489 (online)
10.1080/09639284.2016.1191269
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57090
Language
en
Rights
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an electronic version of an article published in Accounting Education, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 306-326, 2016. doi : 10.1080/09639284.2016.1191269. Accounting Education is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/raed20.
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Accounting