Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]

The purpose of the present study was to explore the dominant study skills of students in preparation for professional accounting examinations and to investigate the existence of any relationship between demographic factors and study skills. A total of 141 male and female first year students pursuin...

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Main Authors: Mam Yudi, Melissa, Ahmad, Mahfuz, Sahol Hamid, Nazreen, Yatim, Normahiran, Abdullah, Azizah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32587/
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Ahmad, Mahfuz
Sahol Hamid, Nazreen
Yatim, Normahiran
Abdullah, Azizah
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description The purpose of the present study was to explore the dominant study skills of students in preparation for professional accounting examinations and to investigate the existence of any relationship between demographic factors and study skills. A total of 141 male and female first year students pursuing the ACCA professional qualification from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) participated in the present study by completing a questionnaire on study skills. With regards to the first objective, the findings show students focus more on test strategies, followed by time management, study aids and note taking, organising and processing information and lastly reading and selecting the main idea. As for the second objective, the demographic factors examined in this study are gender, parents’ income and whether the student scored “A” for English in high school. The findings of the relationship indicate a significant relationship between parents’ income with time management and reading and selecting main ideas, while other demographic factors show no significant relationships. This research contributes an input to the teaching and learning methods which plays an important role in the improvement of students’ academic performance.
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spelling uitm-325872020-07-16T04:53:03Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32587/ Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.] voa Mam Yudi, Melissa Ahmad, Mahfuz Sahol Hamid, Nazreen Yatim, Normahiran Abdullah, Azizah Teaching (Principles and practice) Study skills Motivation in education. Interest. Attention Affective education The purpose of the present study was to explore the dominant study skills of students in preparation for professional accounting examinations and to investigate the existence of any relationship between demographic factors and study skills. A total of 141 male and female first year students pursuing the ACCA professional qualification from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) participated in the present study by completing a questionnaire on study skills. With regards to the first objective, the findings show students focus more on test strategies, followed by time management, study aids and note taking, organising and processing information and lastly reading and selecting the main idea. As for the second objective, the demographic factors examined in this study are gender, parents’ income and whether the student scored “A” for English in high school. The findings of the relationship indicate a significant relationship between parents’ income with time management and reading and selecting main ideas, while other demographic factors show no significant relationships. This research contributes an input to the teaching and learning methods which plays an important role in the improvement of students’ academic performance. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32587/1/AJ_MELISSA%20MAM%20YUDI%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf Mam Yudi, Melissa and Ahmad, Mahfuz and Sahol Hamid, Nazreen and Yatim, Normahiran and Abdullah, Azizah (2018) Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]. (2018) Voice of Academia (VOA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Voice_of_Academia_=28VOA=29.html>, 13 (2). pp. 71-84. ISSN 2682-7840 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Teaching (Principles and practice)
Study skills
Motivation in education. Interest. Attention
Affective education
Mam Yudi, Melissa
Ahmad, Mahfuz
Sahol Hamid, Nazreen
Yatim, Normahiran
Abdullah, Azizah
Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]
title Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]
title_full Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]
title_fullStr Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]
title_short Exploration of study skills among professional Accounting students: evidence from Malaysian Public university / Melissa Mam Yudi…[et al.]
title_sort exploration of study skills among professional accounting students: evidence from malaysian public university / melissa mam yudi…[et al.]
topic Teaching (Principles and practice)
Study skills
Motivation in education. Interest. Attention
Affective education
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32587/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32587/