Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud

Cost and management accounting courses are incorporated in the accounting syllabus for both accounting and non-accounting students. One of the challenges in teaching cost and management accounting to the nonaccounting students is the general fear of accounting subject. Notwithstanding, most of the s...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Rafizan, Kasim, Eley Suzana, Daud, Dalila
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/
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description Cost and management accounting courses are incorporated in the accounting syllabus for both accounting and non-accounting students. One of the challenges in teaching cost and management accounting to the nonaccounting students is the general fear of accounting subject. Notwithstanding, most of the students still viewed accounting as an interesting subject. Hence, the learning problem faced by students needs to be addressed in a fun yet beneficial way. As such, the objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of using the “Smart Costing Game” as a learning method to overcome this problem. The Smart Costing Game Kit was developed as a learning tool to enable students to correctly classify costs according to certain criteria and subsequently used the cost figures to compute total costs, profit and selling price. Four business settings are chosen consisting of bakery, restaurant, laundry and clinic. At the end of the game activities, the students are required to complete an online survey. Results from the survey demonstrated that the majority of the students agreed that the games were found to be more effective, motivating and engaging than traditional teaching. This implies that students have strong preferences in the use of educational games that added value to the costing subject. These results support the inclusion of Smart Costing Game as a successful learning strategy in cost and management accounting courses for the non-accounting students.
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spelling uitm-289392025-07-11T07:14:35Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/ Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud esteem Abdul Razak, Rafizan Kasim, Eley Suzana Daud, Dalila Educational technology Malaysia Competency-based education Malaysia Cost and management accounting courses are incorporated in the accounting syllabus for both accounting and non-accounting students. One of the challenges in teaching cost and management accounting to the nonaccounting students is the general fear of accounting subject. Notwithstanding, most of the students still viewed accounting as an interesting subject. Hence, the learning problem faced by students needs to be addressed in a fun yet beneficial way. As such, the objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of using the “Smart Costing Game” as a learning method to overcome this problem. The Smart Costing Game Kit was developed as a learning tool to enable students to correctly classify costs according to certain criteria and subsequently used the cost figures to compute total costs, profit and selling price. Four business settings are chosen consisting of bakery, restaurant, laundry and clinic. At the end of the game activities, the students are required to complete an online survey. Results from the survey demonstrated that the majority of the students agreed that the games were found to be more effective, motivating and engaging than traditional teaching. This implies that students have strong preferences in the use of educational games that added value to the costing subject. These results support the inclusion of Smart Costing Game as a successful learning strategy in cost and management accounting courses for the non-accounting students. Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/1/AJ_RAFIZAN%20ABDUL%20RAZAK%20EAJ%20P%2019.pdf Abdul Razak, Rafizan and Kasim, Eley Suzana and Daud, Dalila (2019) Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud. (2019) ESTEEM Academic Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ESTEEM_Academic_Journal.html>, 15 (Dec): 1. pp. 1-10. ISSN 2289-4934 https://uppp.uitm.edu.my
spellingShingle Educational technology
Malaysia
Competency-based education
Malaysia
Abdul Razak, Rafizan
Kasim, Eley Suzana
Daud, Dalila
Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud
title Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud
title_full Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud
title_fullStr Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud
title_full_unstemmed Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud
title_short Smart Costing Kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / Rafizan Abdul Razak, Eley Suzana Kasim and Dalila Daud
title_sort smart costing kit: game based learning for cost and management accounting / rafizan abdul razak, eley suzana kasim and dalila daud
topic Educational technology
Malaysia
Competency-based education
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/
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