Annotated Bibliography

The Decline of Students Majoring in Accounting: An Annotated Bibliography

Brown, N. (2006, September). The development of a questionnaire assessing metacognitive patterns of students majoring in accounting in higher education. Accounting Education: An International Journal, 15 (3). Retrieved April 7, 2009 from Ebscohost databases.

Brown’s article discusses the process of developing and testing a new questionnaire to determine metacognitive patterns of accounting students. In determining these metacognitive patterns it is beneficial to helping students improve their learning and will also be beneficial to accounting educators. The author uses a table of metacognitive patterns to help in developing a new questionnaire. He concludes that the study is designed to develop a new questionnaire to help in identifying metacognitive patterns of students in the circumstance of accounting education and higher education.

Chen, C., Jones, K.T., & McIntyre, D.D. (2002, December). Will Enron deter students from majoring in accounting. The CPA Journal. Retrieved March 24, 2009, from Ebscohost databases.

This article discusses whether or not the Enron collapse will cause an effect on students majoring in accounting. The authors conducted a survey to examine the issues affecting the decision for students to major in accounting. Students were surveyed on two concepts: whether the collapse would affect future students’ major and whether it would affect their present choice in major. This survey helps to provide a clear understanding as to whether or not the Enron collapse had truly played a role in the accounting major.

Coate, C.J., Mitschow, M.C., & Schinski, M.D. (2003, August). What students think of CPAs: Is the stereotype alive and well? The CPA Journal. Retrieved February 18, 2009, from Ebscohost databases.

This article discusses whether the stereotypes about CPAs are alive and the influence these stereotypes have on accounting majors. The authors rely on a...