Student Success with Revel Accounting Information Systems
Pearson Results Team | July 16, 2021 in Meaningful Outcomes
by Pearson
How Revel Accounting Information Systems contributes to student success
In Spring 2018, Pearson worked with Professor Deborah Hable at Wayne State University to investigate whether Revel for Accounting Information Systems by Romney and Steinbart supported student success in her Accounting Systems Design and Control course.
Researchers found that:
- All students scoring above average on Revel quizzes passed the course with an A, B, or C as their final course grade, demonstrating mastery of course content.
- Data show that completion of Revel quizzes with a passing grade of 70% or higher is indicative of overall course success.
- 74% of respondents on an end-of-semester survey agreed that Revel provided additional study resources such as Concept Checks and interactive media links that helped prepare them for exams.
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Why did Professor Hable adopt Revel?
Accounting Information System courses require students to engage with the text in order to be successful. Therefore, in an effort to increase reading in the course, in the Fall of 2017 Hable decided to adopt Revel.
Overall, 80% of students were comfortable using Revel for reading assignments either before the semester began or as the semester progressed.
How was Revel used in the course?
Accounting Systems Design and Control is a one-semester, three-credit, senior-level course taken by accounting majors who intend to sit for the CPA exam. Hable used Revel in her course for comprehension and quizzing.
Students completed homework using some end-of-chapter questions, Microsoft Access, Sage 100 ERP, and SAP softwares, a team-based simulation project, a team-based ERP research project, and two exams.
From Revel, she assigned 10 end-of-chapter quizzes where students were allowed two attempts to complete the quizzes, with the higher of the two scores recorded in the gradebook. In addition, the Concept Checks and end-of-chapter Excel problems were highly encouraged by Hable, but not required. Revel accounted for 20% of the course grade.
Were students successful over the semester?
Completion of the 10 Revel quizzes with a passing grade of 70% or higher may be indicative of overall course success. Data suggest that if students are not successfully completing the Revel quizzes, they may not be aware of potential gaps in their content knowledge until they complete the course exams.
- Students earning an A as the final course grade passed 100% of the Revel quizzes
- Students earning an F as the final course grade were unsuccessful on 50% of the Revel quizzes
- The average Revel quiz score was 86%
- All students scoring above average on Revel quizzes passed the course with an A, B or C
- No students scoring below average on Revel quizzes earned an A and 16% earned a D or F
Did students like using Revel?
Responses from the Spring 2018 end-of-semester survey of Habel’s students indicate that the majority of responding students recognize the value of Revel.
- 61% of respondents agreed that the “read a little, do a little” interactive approach of Revel helped them learn and retain the material better than they would have with a traditional textbook.
- 74% of respondents agreed that Revel provided additional study resources such as Concept Checks and interactive media links that helped prepare them for their exams.
- 70% of respondents said they prefer the interactivity of Revel to a regular print textbook.
- 61% of respondents said the resources provided in Revel made the program a good value for this course.
Conclusion
To encourage more engagement with the course content, Habel implemented Revel and her students responded positively, with 70% of survey respondents indicating they preferred the interactivity of Revel to a more traditional print text. Data results show that strong student performance on the integrated Revel assignments also led to higher assessment scores.
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