What teachers and students said about Accounting 1.2

Subjective Feedback and Objective Measures

We asked students what they thought about using the software and measured their performance rigorously with automated marking. The results are shown below. (Note that the grades are preliminary and before resits and adjustments. They will likely move up further.)

 

What teachers said about Accounting 1.2

• When I informed my classes during the covering of the theory relating to the standard that they were going to be assessed using Excel, a few were very concerned and asked me after class whether they could rather do a paper version of the assessment.

• After the assessment was completed, I found that more of my students attained ‘Excellence’ or ‘Merit’ than in previous years, even the students who asked me beforehand if they could rather do a paper-based assessment. Having the assessment auto-marked has saved me countless hours that I can now use for other work.

• Thank you, Doyle and Peter for bringing this brilliant idea into fruition, as well as the great back-up you provided before and during the assessment.

• Schoolsims allows students to work at their own pace and provides instant feedback on their progress to both students and teachers. A great way to invovle students in reaching their learning outcomes.

• I wanted to feedback on an internal assessment we are currently running using an Excel based resource developed by the people at http://schoolsims.co.nz/. Both the students and myself as teacher have enjoyed the learning and assessment process. This is something we would normally do manually and generally this tool made for a more efficient experience, especially in marking (which happens automatically). I can recommend it and keen to hear from others who have used it.

What students said about Accounting 1.2

Hannah Owens

• “Schoolsims is a good way to see accounting in a new way and add to your experience with learning about commerce.”

George Kittow

• “Get a taste of real life accounting. Do it like the pro’s!”

Lucy Cook

• “Very useful when you want to revise everything you should need to know is in there.”

Royd Ross Wilson

• “It helps you remember the range of numbers for assets and liabilities and so on and it prepares you for the future in doing accounting on computers.”

Charissa Andeweg

• “A simple world of accounting taking you through a world of wonder.”

Tim Butcher

• “I learnt more in one week with this program than what I learnt in a term.”

Caitlin Roa

• “Organised independant learning, no intimidation from other students.” 
  

Ben Richards

• “This amazing program is an easier way to complete all your accounting equations”

Kyra Alexander

• “Schoolsims is an effective innovative new idea that will be the programme of the future..”

Michael Worth

• “School sims makes learning easier and faster.”

Courtney Fox

• “School sims is a new, different yet effective way of learning.”