Department of Finance & Accounting
NUS Business School
National University of Singapore
FNA1002X FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Semester 1, 2007/2008
FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOMEWORK MANAGER
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Objective
Working out the end of chapter exercises and problems is an integral part of the learning
process. The primary objective of the online assignments is to give students additional
practice with solving accounting problems, and in so doing reinforce their understanding
of accounting concepts and principles.
McGraw Hill publishing company has bundled with the textbook the
Homework
Manager
(hereafter “HM”). The HM is an online homework manager software. The
software will grade the assignments on the spot and provide the correct answers for
incorrect submitted answers, giving immediate feedback. Most of the questions will be
taken from the end-of-chapter materials of the recommended textbook for FNA1002X
(i.e. Financial Accounting, 13e, by Williams
et al.
).
However, the HM software may
generate different online questions for different students (using an algorithm). The
numbers and amounts used in the online questions may differ from those used in the
textbook.
Assessment
Although the primary objective of the online assignments is to help students learn (and
not to assess them), past experiences have shown that students need to be motivated to
work on them. Thus, 15% of the course grade is assigned to the assignments. There will
be 6 to 8 online assignments:
The first assignment will be graded within HM only but will not count towards the 15%
as it is meant for students to familiarise with the software.
From the second assignment onwards,
every
assignment will count towards the 15%. For
each assignment, there will be usually 5 or more questions with points allotted for each
question. (HM will inform you of this.) HM software will award points for each answer
given by you. A passing level of points will be stated for the assignment (by HM), and
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Prepared by Dr. Chng Chee Kiong. This guideline is modified by Dr. Edmund Keung for FNA 1002X in
the current semester.
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