The Influence of Prior Knowledge on the Self-Efficacy of Students Enrolled in a Tertiary Introductory Accounting Course

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aut.relation.endpage25
aut.relation.journalAccounting Education
aut.relation.startpage1
dc.contributor.authorChoo, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorFieger, Peter
dc.contributor.authorWells, Paul
dc.contributor.authorTseng, Katie
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T02:52:08Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T02:52:08Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-25
dc.description.abstractGiven that self-efficacy has been found to influence the achievement of learning outcomes, this study examines the influence of prior knowledge on the self-efficacy levels of students enrolled in a tertiary level introductory accounting course. The self-efficacy levels of 272 students, captured through an in-class survey, were compared by gender, age, prior knowledge and work experience. The results suggest there was no significant difference in self-efficacy levels between students who had previously studied accounting at secondary school and those who had not. This research makes a theoretical contribution by confirming that prior knowledge does not necessarily influence an individual’s level of self-efficacy when there are few similarities between the prior knowledge gained and the current course being studied. In addition, there is a practical contribution which suggests that students who have not studied accounting at secondary school should not be discouraged from studying accounting at tertiary level.
dc.identifier.citationAccounting Education, ISSN: 0963-9284 (Print); 1468-4489 (Online), Informa UK Limited, 1-25. doi: 10.1080/09639284.2024.2405603
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09639284.2024.2405603
dc.identifier.issn0963-9284
dc.identifier.issn1468-4489
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/18078
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09639284.2024.2405603
dc.rights© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
dc.subject3501 Accounting, auditing and accountability
dc.subject3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
dc.titleThe Influence of Prior Knowledge on the Self-Efficacy of Students Enrolled in a Tertiary Introductory Accounting Course
dc.typeJournal Article
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