Engaging with Text: The Effectiveness of Content Literacy and Active Learning Strategies in Online Introductory Accounting Courses

Language and literacy are innate to learning. The accounting language is technical specific, students must become literate in the discipline be able critically read understand text apply their knowledge. Introductory courses typically difficult for students, who struggle simply pass course. Students memorize concepts but cannot internalize information. Lack of active reading skills hinders higher order thinking needed solve problems.
 study discussed this paper involves two fully online introductory where one taught leveraging strategies (experimental course) other without instruction (control course). Initial final assessments implemented both results demonstrate an overall greater improvement students’ comprehension, analysis, context evaluation experimental class.