Try Educational Novels for Teaching
and Learning
An Innovative Pedagogy
Educational novels can be used in university and college
classes to present technical information which facilitates learning and
infuses student enthusiasm. A form of the scenario principle, this teaching
device is simple to implement and has produced positive feedback from both
students and educators who have used them.
NOVELS:
- Big
R: A Forensic Accounting Action Adventure (forensic auditing), Carolina
Academic Press, 700 Kent Street, Durham, NC 27701.
- Trap
Doors and Trojan Horses (auditing), Carolina Academic Press, 700 Kent
Street, Durham, NC 27701.
- Deadly
Art Puzzle: Accounting for Murder (advanced accounting), Thomson Corp.,
800-355-9983; Fax 800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK).
- Simon
the Incredible (finance), Thomson Corp., 800-355-9983; Fax 800-487-8488;
In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK).
- The
Bottom Line is Betrayal (general business), Thomson Corp., 800-355-9983;
Fax 800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK).
- Costly
Reflections in a Midas Mirror (cost/managerial accounting), Thomas
Horton & Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax:
973-429-1893.
- Accosting
the Golden Spire (basic accounting), Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO Box
23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893.
- The
Ultimate Rip-off: A Taxing Tale (taxation), Thomas Horton & Daughters,
PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. $9.95.
- Computer
Encryptions in Whispering Caves (accounting information systems), Thomas
Horton & Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax:
973-429-1893.
- Chemistry
in Whispering Caves (chemistry), Thomson Corp., 800-355-9983; Fax
800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK), 1998.
- Nonprofit
Sleuths: Follow the Money (governmental accounting), Thomson Corp.,
800-355-9983; Fax 800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK), 1997.
- Greenspan, Burmese Caper (finance), 2 Many Books,
1402 Applewood Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808;
Three1245@hotmail.com.
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