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Course: The Accounting Theory

Term: First 2020/2021

Tutors: Mohammed Omran & Anas Amos

Part of the Final Exam Assessment

Coursework question

In accounting, we use a mixed model to measure the financial statements items.

Explain this phenomenon by discussing its causes and consequences based on the
learning outcomes of chapter 5,6 & 7.

Coursework Presentation

Language: English

Font size: 12

Font type: Times New Roman

Paragraph Spacing: 1.5

Paragraph Alignment: Justify.

Cover page: teams should use the word file titled ‘Cover Page Template’ in Moodle
to include a cover page for their coursework.

Coursework Writing & Structure

Note: student/s shall not overuse personal pronouns especially when they discuss
facts and objective topics.

The Structure of the Coursework

Title: the title should clearly and concisely explain the main objective of the work.

Introduction: the introduction should gradually present the topic of interest by discussing its
background and general framework. It is useful to include a concise and clear description of
the course work’s sections.

Main Body: the main body includes the main sections that discuss the various aspects of the
topic of interest. These sections should be arranged according to particular theme, e.g.,
historical or logical theme. The historical means the topic is to be discussed in chronological
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manner. The logical theme, however, means that the sections will be structured according their
logical interrelatedness. The theme choice depends mainly on the nature of the topic covered
in the work.

Summary and Final Remarks: the section includes a quick summary of what has been
covered in the work as well as the remarks that indicate the writer/s position pertaining the
topic of interest.

References: this section includes the references used in the work. The APA system shall be
followed in this context.

Word Limit

The upper word limit is 3000 words, and the lower limit is 1500.

Teamwork Rules

Coursework Teams

Students will be randomly allocated to several teams using Moodle. The purpose of the random
allocation is to expose students to work environment that simulates the real-world-settings
where students may find themselves working with others without having a choice in this regard.

Coursework Teams is the section that contains the discussed above groups and can be found in
the ‘Final Exam Assessment’ section in Moodle.

Team Leader

Students should elect a team leader to coordinate the roles of each member of the group and it
is the one who communicates with the tutor. This election must be completed withing 24 hours
of publishing this document.

Formative Assessment

Teams must assess the work of each member according to three levels of their performance:

A: Committed Member, a member who fulfils his duties perfectly and cooperates with his
teammates.

B: Semi-committed Member: a member who fulfils minimum requirements of his/her duties.

C: Uncommitted Member: a member who does not fulfil his duties and does not cooperate
with his teammates.
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This assessment shall be submitted using the excel form titled ‘The Formative Assessment
Form” in Moodle. The purpose of this assessment is to detect extremely poor performing
students to avoid their significant negative impact on the overall mark of the coursework. This
form shall be submitted 24 hours before the deadline of the coursework. However, if the team
recognise one of its members to be Uncommitted Member, the team leader shall contact the
tutor about this matter.

Assessment Criteria

Coursework will be assessed on a team-basis, that is, all the members of a given team will be
awarded the same mark unless the student is classified as an “Uncommitted Member” in the
formative assessment and remained in that status until the coursework is submitted.

The assessment will be based on how the students address the coursework question based on
the learning outcomes discussed earlier in this document as well as on the presentation of the
coursework and the academic writing.

This coursework has a 30% weight of the total course mark and it is part of the final exam
assessment.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. A work that contains plagiarism will be severely downgraded
and may receive zero in some cases.

Deadline and Submission

Only one member of each team shall submit the coursework to the designated Turnitin section.
This section is titled “Coursework Submission”.

The course work Shall be submitted by the end of Tuesday, 29 December 2021.

Discussing the Coursework Instructions

An online discussion will be held on Thursday, 17 December 2021 at 4:00 pm to discuss this
documents and its content.