I teach accounting, which consists not only of doing journal entries and preparing financial statements, but also of performing computations. For all of these purposes, doing work in Excel clarifies and facilitates the learning process and prepares the student for the way accounting is done in the real world.
The text books I use typically include about four exercises or problems that are also available in Excel form. In addition to other necessary problems, I usually assign all of these Excel-based tasks.
Furthermore, in addition to using lecture to initially survey and conceptually illuminate a chapter, I allocate time for… >>>
