Advances in Accounting Education

• “A CITATION ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF RESEARCH ISSUES AND METHODOLOGIES IN ADVANCES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION: TEACHING AND CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS” (1526); Elsie C. Ameen and Daryl M. Guffey “ARE WE WHAT WE TEST? A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CPA EXAMINATION” (1614); Timothy J. Fogarty and Suzanne Lowensohn “REDUCING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION FOR STUDENTS IN TAX CLASSES” (1627); Tracy Noga and Timothy J. Rupert SPECIAL SECTION ON ACTIVE LEARNING  “THE STATE OF ACCOUNTING EDUCATION IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS: AN EXAMINATION AND ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES” (1630); Alan I. Blankley, David Kerr, and Casper E. Wiggins “ACTIVE LEARNING INNOVATIONS IN INTRODUCTORY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING” (1532); Marsha Huber, Dave Law and Ashraf Khallaf

This volume brings together five articles by business specialists mainly from the US, who describe teaching and curriculum innovations in the field of accounting education. After a review of research issues and methodologies in the first 16 volumes of the journal and identification of the top 20 articles, the remaining articles address the Certified Public Accountant exam, its purposes, and its consistency with academic values; reducing written communication apprehension for students in tax classes; active learning techniques in accounting education in business schools; and active learning activities in introductory financial accounting.