Chapter Opener: Brief features about real-world companies allow students to see how the chapter's information and insights apply to the world outside the classroom. Thinking Critically questions stimulate thought on the topics to be explored in the chapter.

Learning Objectives: Appearing in the Chapter Opener and within the margins of the text, Learning Objectives alert students to what they should expect as they progress through the chapter. Many students question why they are studying a learning objective, which is why we explain “Why It's Important.”

Business Transaction Analysis Model: Instructors say mastering the ability to properly analyze transactions is critical to success in this course. Price's step-by-step transaction analysis illustrations show how to identify the appropriate general ledger accounts affected, determine debit or credit activity, present the transaction in T-account form, and record the entry in the general journal.

The Bottom Line: Appear in the margins alongside select transactions and concepts in the text. These visuals offer a summary of the effects of these transactions— the end result—on the financial statements of a business.

Recall and Important!: Recall is a series of brief reinforcements that serve as reminders of material covered in previous chapters that are relevant to the new information being presented. Important! draws students' attention to critical materials introduced in the current chapter.

Accounting on the Job and Computers in Accounting: features provide research opportunities in the realms of careers, business technologies, and software.

Managerial Implications: Puts your student in the role of a manager and asks them to apply the concepts learned in the chapter.

International Insights: Accounting issues that provide connections to the global world of business.

Self Review: Each section concludes with a Self Review that includes questions, multiple choice exercises, and an analysis assignment. A Comprehensive Self-Review appears at the end of each chapter. Answers are provided at the end of the chapter.

End of Chapter Material:

Problem Sets A and B, Challenge Problems, and Mini-Practice Sets conclude with an Analyze question asking the student to evaluate each problem critically. Problems that build off of earlier problems in the text are noted with a continuation icon.

Business Connections: Reinforce chapter materials from practical and real-world perspectives:

Managerial Focus: Applies accounting concepts to business situations.
Ethical Dilemma: Provides the opportunity for students to discuss ethics in the workplace, formulate a course of action for certain scenarios, and support their opinions.
Streetwise: Questions from the Real World: Students are asked to research various components of the Home Depot Annual Report and answer questions related to content, presentation, and meaning.
Financial Statement Analysis: A brief excerpt from a real-world annual report and questions that lead the student through an analysis of the statement, concluding with an Analyze Online activity where students research the company's most recent financial reports on the Internet.
Extending the Thought: Activities build on chapter concepts and present new issues and situations, asking students to recall and apply learned information.
Business Communication: These activities hone students' interpersonal skills through the preparation of a variety of business communication formats such as memos, oral presentations, outlines, and more.
Team Work: Each chapter contains a collaborative learning activity to prepare students for team-oriented projects and work environments.
Internet Connection: These activities give students the opportunity to conduct online research about major companies, accounting trends, organizations, and government agencies.