Financial Accounting Information Center: Feature Summary


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Financial Accounting

David Spiceland, University of Memphis
Wayne Thomas, University of Oklahoma
Don Herrmann, Oklahoma State University

ISBN: 0073379336
Copyright year: 2009

Feature Summary

Conversational Writing Style: The authors took special care to write a textbook that fosters a friendly dialogue between the text and each individual student. The tone of the presentation is intentionally conversational – creating the impression of speaking with the student, as opposed to teaching to the student.

Decision Maker’s Perspective: Each chapter includes one or more distinctive Decision Maker’s Perspective sections, which offer insights into how the information discussed in the chapters affects decisions made by investors, creditors, managers, and others. Each chapter also contains Decision Points highlighting specific decisions in the chapter that can be made using financial accounting information.

Real World Focus: Students learn best when they see how concepts are applied in the real world. For that reason, real-world examples from companies, such as Nike and UnderArmour, are used extensively and routinely to enhance the presentation. The real-world focus adds realism to discussions and serves as the foundation for exercises, problems, and cases. Career Corner boxes highlight the exciting career opportunities in accounting and the important role that accountants play. These also discuss how nonaccountants use accounting information in their business functions.

Innovative Pedagogy: Reviewers enthusiastically embraced the innovative pedagogy used throughout the book, including Stop-and-Review chapter quizzes, Common Mistake boxes that help students avoid common pitfalls of beginning students, and Flip Side problems and scenarios that show students the two sides of various accounting transactions. Ethical Dilemma and Quick Quiz boxes also give students an opportunity to test the ethical implications of accounting and get instant feedback on important topics throughout the chapters.

Author-Written Supplements: The authors write all of the major supplements for Financial Accounting, including the Testbank, Solutions Manual, and Instructor’s Manual. With iPod material (including slideshows and multiple choice quizzes), narrated PowerPoints, online quizzing, Study Guide, Working Papers, Excel templates and QuickBooks templates integrated into the end-of-chapter material, Spiceland’s Financial Accounting provides the cutting-edge technology demanded by today’s accounting instructors and students.

Unique End-of-Chapter Cases: The Additional Perspectives section of each chapter offers the most distinctive variety of case material available in financial accounting textbooks. Cases and activities are designed to allow students to apply the knowledge and skills they’ve learned in provocative, real or realistic situations. Each chapter offers an engaging mix of activities and opportunities to perform real-world financial accounting analysis, including cases for: Annual Reports, internet research, ethics, written communication, earnings analysis, and comprehensive cases.

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