The Probability Evaluation Game: An Instrument to Highlight the Skill of Reflexive Listening

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Title: The Probability Evaluation Game: An Instrument to Highlight the Skill of Reflexive Listening
Language: English
Authors: Butler, Clare
Source: Accounting Education. 2016 25(2):107-123.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2016
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Accounting, Probability, Educational Games, Listening Skills, Reflection, Evaluation, Interpersonal Communication, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Qualitative Research
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1089178
ISSN: 0963-9284
Abstract: This paper describes the development of the Probability Evaluation Game (PEG): an innovative teaching instrument that emphasises the sophistication of listening and highlights listening as a key skill for accounting practitioners. Whilst in a roundtable format, playing PEG involves participants individually evaluating a series of probability terms and then calling out their evaluations amongst fellow players who have done the same. When listening to peers' responses, any difference in evaluation of the same term confronts players with the knowledge that without skilled, reflexive listening conversations are dangerous playgrounds of miscommunication. The PEG presents a valuable learning opportunity where the potential impact of this issue for accounting and business world can be discussed. This paper details how PEG was developed, its format and how it has been used with students and accounting practitioners. Furthermore emergent, and often intriguing, learning points are discussed and related to accounting and the workplace more generally.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 74
Entry Date: 2016
Accession Number: EJ1107190
Database: ERIC
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