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Center for Research on Student-Learning and Teaching

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Student Learning in Higher Education - Publications

Referred Articles

  • Byrne, M. and Flood, B. (2004). Exploring the Conceptions of Learning of Accounting Students, Accounting Education: An International Journal, 13(4), 25-37.
  • Byrne, M., Flood, B and Willis, P. (2004). Validation of the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) using Accounting Students in the United States and Ireland, Accounting Education: An International Journal, 13(4), 449-459.
  • Byrne, M., Flood, B and Willis, P. (2004). Using the Student Learning Framework to Explore the Variation in Academic Performance of European Business Students, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 28(1), 67-78.
  • Byrne, M. and Flood, B. (2003) Assessing the Teaching Quality of Accounting Programmes: An Evaluation of the Course Experience Questionnaire, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 28(2), 135-145.
  • Byrne, M., Flood, B and Willis, P. (2002). The Relationship between Learning Approaches and Learning Outcomes: A Study of Irish Accounting Students, Accounting Education: An International Journal, 11(1), 27-42.
  • Byrne, M., Flood, B and Willis, P. (2002). Approaches to Learning of European Business Students, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 26(1), 19-28.
  • Byrne, M., Flood, B and Willis, P. (1999). Approaches to Learning: Irish Students of Accounting, Irish Accounting Review, 6(2), 1-29.

Recent Conference Papers

  • Byrne, M., Flood, B. and Shanahan, D. (2008) Understanding the levels of oral and written communication apprehension among accounting and business students in Ireland, Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Dublin City University, Dublin, 3-5 September.
  • Mulgrew, M. and Ballantine, J. (2008) The perceived benefits of e-learning in an accounting context, Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, 8-9 May.
  • Byrne, M. Finlayson, O., Flood, B., Lyons, O. and Willis, P. (2007) ‘Using a cross disciplinary approach to enhance our understanding of accounting students’ approaches to learning’, 30th Annual European Accounting Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 25 –27 April.
  • Byrne, M., Flood, B. and Willis, P. (2007) ‘Understanding the variation in the academic success of first year accounting students’, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Biennial Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 28 August – 2 September.
  • Byrne, M. and Flood, B. (2006) ‘Exploring the relationships between accounting students’ motives, expectations and preparedness for higher education and first year academic performance’, European Accounting Association Annual Conference, University College Dublin, Dublin, 22-24 March.
  • Byrne, M. and Flood, B. (2005), ‘A Qualitative Exploration of the Learning Experiences of First-year Accounting Students’, Symposium on Issues in First Year Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 11th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Nicosia, Cyprus, 23-27 August.