Painting by Numbers: Using Whiteboard Technology to Illustrate the Uses of Accounting Information in the Teaching of a-Level Business Studies

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Connolly demonstrates how whiteboard technology can be readily incorporated to illustrate aspects of A-level Business Studies with numerical information typically found in company accounts. He points out that teachers can help students of all abilities to get to grips with numbers and the important role they can play throughout the business specification.

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Painting by Numbers: Using Whiteboard Technology to Illustrate the Uses of Accounting Information in the Teaching of a-Level Business Studies

WHAT ARE WE AIMING TO ACHIEVE?

* Identification of alternative ways to illustrate corporate objectives and business activity

* A greater understanding of accounting information

* Enhanced student confidence using numerical data

* More interesting ways of learning

The lesson centres upon the use of two case study companies - British Airways, and Marks & Spencer. Most plc businesses lend themselves to this lesson, but choosing companies of which students are likely to have heard often avoids unne...

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