Abstract Reviews the book "A Survey of Basic Accounting," 3rd ed., by R.F. Salmonson, Roger H. Hermanson and James Don Ewards.

Abstract Reviews the book 'The Accounting Sampler,' 2nd ed., by Thomas J. Burns and Harvey S. Hendrickson.

Abstract This article presents information on the accounting curricula in the U.S. colleges. The faculty at the University of Delaware are constantly re examining what they are doing in order to determine if there are better ways of having the typical undergraduate program for accounting. In general, most faculty seemed to be favorably impressed with this new approach. In particular, the point was made that there was more class discussion than with other texts. There were some who did not like it, claiming that it was just too much trouble to teach from such a book. It was also claimed by those who disapproved of the text that the students found it much too difficult. One good method of judging the relative achievements would be to give common examinations. Since the topical sequence in the texts was not identical, assignment schedules had to be prepared which would have all students cover the same material at the same time. They decided to follow the chapter sequence of the standard text, tailoring the reading and problems in the programmed text to follow the same pattern. This meant that those students who would be using the programmed text would have to buy both volumes of the text for the first semester of work.

Abstract The article presents a report on teaching methods and programmed instructions in the U.S. During the past few years, in the process of continuing search to discover means for increasing instructional efficiency and for developing new materials to cope with the rapidly expanding demands for additional education and training by a burgeoning number of learners, the experimentation and development of programed learning has received the attention of educators and training directors across the country. Programed instruction has found wide-spread usage in industry and in the armed forces in various aspects of training for specific assignments or tasks, in which predetermined performance levels or behavioral patterns had been established. In numerous situations in both education and industry, programed instruction has proved to be effective, and under some circumstances more so than conventional methods. However, at this time research findings, especially at the college level, are totally inadequate to serve as a basis for making decisions on the adoption of programed learning for use throughout any specific course or program.