Professor Elam

Thursday March 3 2011

I posted this under Announcements on the Home Page in Black board BB  for the intermed I and II classes but am repeating it here in case anyone has not logged on to BB. 

I created another folder and added the answers to the end of chapter EOC questions for the Chapters we have covered and for that matter will cover!

Let's Recap all the material Avaiable in the Spiceland Complex to help you review for an exam. 

http://www.mhhe.com/spiceland6e

This is the free website address. Here you will find a helpful power point on each chapter under the Student tab. There is also a multiple choice exam for each chapter. There is no excuse for anyone to have not viewed the power point and taken this free exam before an in class exam. 

End of Chapter EOC and Black Board

CASE SOLUTION    Each chapter begins with a series of questions on a photo backdrop. This is to spark your interest in the material. Read the solutions to their questions as well as where the larger explanation is located in the Chapter. 

THE BOTTOM LINE Here the authors summarize the Learning Objectives LO of the Chapter. Can you express each LO in your own words?

QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW OF KEY TOPICS This is a comprehensive list of questions that go in depth to clarify the LOs. The answers are now posted in a separate folder under content in BB. Attempt to answer the questions before you look at the answer. This is how learning happens! A rote  mindless scan of the answers is frankly of little help to you. 

CPA CMA These m/c questions are located between the Exercises and Problems at EOC. Again I have posted the answers and explanations in a separate folder under content on BB. Again,attempt to answer all the questions before you look at the answer, otherwise you will not grasp what you failed to understand when you got an incorrect answer. 

IN THE CHAPTER

Concept Review Exercise

There are numerous solved problems located in each chapter under the this heading. These usually appear at the end of Part A, B, or C, gee how thoughtful!  You will only master this material by 

Covering up the answer

Reading the question

Attempting to work the problem, now here is the hard part, without looking at the Answer! Continue this process until you can work the Review problem without looking at the answer. Think about and try to visualize what a 'template' of the answer should look like. Once you can visualize what the answer should look like, you are on your way to mastering accounting solutions. 

SCHAUMS

I have referenced this fine outline and review containing hundreds of solved problems on the syllabus. You can put in schaums intermediate or principles in amazon and the books will come up.Frankly as cheap as they are I suggest you purchase Principles  I and II as well as Intermed I and II. The material may vary as to what you find where in intermed I and II but it is all there in both books. Again, highly recommended. This is also a McGraw Hill Publication.