id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_tnalkkzgafcjjjvupmzbopxzyi K. Papageorgiou Factors contributing toward student performance in a distance education accounting degree 2014 20 .pdf application/pdf 6117 639 60 Prior research has found that other factors may influence student performance, and future studies which The current study considers the determinants of student performance over three financial accounting years Keywords: accounting; student performance; age; gender; prior accounting knowledge; academic While prior research has examined many determinants of student performance in accounting subjects (see research as its objective is to examine the effect of a number of important variables on student performance The variables examined in this study include age, gender, prior accounting knowledge, performance in eight financial accounting modules across a three year distance education degree. have noted that prior accounting knowledge is a significant predictor of student performance, particularly In accounting education, the influence of secondary mathematics as a determinant of student performance the most important variable in explaining first year academic performance of accounting students. student performance in Accounting I (the student‟s first year of study) in the BCompt degree may be that ./cache/work_tnalkkzgafcjjjvupmzbopxzyi.pdf ./txt/work_tnalkkzgafcjjjvupmzbopxzyi.txt