Fundamentals of Accounting: Course 1

The organization ensures clear student understanding. Students start with a service business organized as a proprietorship and merchandising businesses organized as corporations before concluding with special topics, partnerships, and the recording of international sales and electronic transactions.

The step-by-step instructional approach clearly reinforces text concepts, while the consistent use of T accounts increases student comprehension of journalizing transactions.

The lesson structure consists of three or four lessons per chapter and corresponding assessment activities. Each end-of-lesson section includes a Work Together problem and an On Your Own assignment. The Work Together problem allows you to demonstrate the new accounting concept to your class. Students can then check their understanding by completing the Own Your Own assignment. The end-of-chapter material includes short application problems to ensure students' understanding before they tackle the longer mastery and challenge problems.

Learning Objectives connect the chapter coverage from beginning to end. Learning objectives are identified at point of introduction and in the end-of-chapter problems, making it easier for students to stay on track. By paying attention to the Learning Objectives, students can focus on what is important.

Greater emphasis on conceptual understanding and financial statement analysis has been incorporated into the 10th edition, making it easier to balance coverage of accounting mechanics with how accounting information is used to make business decisions.

Critical-thinking activities are infused throughout the text to provide more opportunities for higher-level thinking and analysis, preparing students for college and career readiness.

21st Century Skills, included in the end-of-chapter material, provides activities that cultivate mastery of essential skills such as problem solving, communication, and technology use as defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Acquisition of the knowledge and skills taught in this feature will prepare students to compete in a workplace that demands creativity and innovation.

Think Like an Accountant presents challenging problems that correspond to higher-level thinking skills based on the criteria established in Bloom's Taxonomy. Excel templates ar provided for students to use as an analysis tool to compare and contrast employer benefit plans and analyze how their decisions affect the company's bottom line.

Forensic Accounting presents criminal investigations involving fraud, providing students the opportunity to apply what they are learning in class to a real-world scenario. Students will examine the fraud scenarios, using Excel to analyze the data and continue the investigation.