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: An Internal Auditing Action Adventure (internal auditing), Carolina
Academic Press, 700 Kent Street, Durham, NC 27701. $21.95
- Deadly
Art Puzzle: Accounting for Murder (advanced accounting), Thomson Corp.,
800-355-9983; Fax 800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK). $21.95
- Simon
the Incredible (finance), Thomson Corp., 800-355-9983; Fax 800-487-8488;
In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK). $24.95
- The
Bottom Line is Betrayal (general business), Thomson Corp., 800-355-9983;
Fax 800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK). $23.95
- 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.
$9.95
- Trap
Doors and Trojan Horses (auditing), Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO
Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. $9.95
- Accosting
the Golden Spire (basic accounting), Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO
Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. $9.95
- 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), Dame
Publishing Company, 1998, $24.95
- Chemistry
in Whispering Caves (chemistry), Thomson Corp., 800-355-9983; Fax
800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK), 1998, $24.95
- Nonprofit
Sleuths: Follow the Money (governmental accounting), Thomson Corp.,
800-355-9983; Fax 800-487-8488; In Europe, Tel: 44-207-0672500 (UK),
1997, $24.95
- Greenspan, Burmese Caper (finance), Thomas Horton &
Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893.
1991, $9.95
- New Article
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