THE EFFECTS OF SYLLABUS AND TEACHING APPROACH ON THE TIME SUFFICIENCY OF

LEARNING ACCOUNTING SUBJECTS

Instruction: Please answer to the best of your ability by checking in the appropriate space in the
questionnaire-checklist your responses without leaving any item/s unanswered as this is important to the
study. For your guide, the following indicator is provided:
Numerical Scale Adjectival Equivalent
4 – (3.26 – 4.00) = Always Practiced (AA)
3 – (2.51 – 3.25) = Almost Always Practiced (AAA)
2 – (1.76 – 2.50) = Sometimes Practiced (SA)
1 – (1.00 – 1.75) = Not Practiced At All (NAA)
Usage of Syllabus: 4 3 2 1

1. Have you received a syllabus in your accounting class? ____ ___ ____ ____
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2. Have you transferred any information from the syllabus to a calendar or planner? ____ ___ ____ ____
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3. Have you kept the syllabus? ____ ___ ____ ____
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4. Do you look at your syllabus to know if there’s a quiz scheduled for today’s class? ____ ___ ____ ____
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5. Do you look at your syllabus to know when the next test to occur? ____ ___ ____ ____
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6. Do you look at your syllabus for today’s class topic? ____ ___ ____ ____
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7. Do you look at your syllabus to know what homework will be collected in today’s ____ ___ ____ ____
class? _
8. Do you look at your syllabus of what you were to read for today’s class? ____ ___ ____ ____
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9. Do you look at you syllabus for grading policy? ____ ___ ____ ____
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10. Is there a match between the information provided in the syllabi and the application ____ ___ ____ ____
of it in the classroom? _

Teaching Approaches: 4 3 2 1

1. I work hard for my studies because I find the material interesting. ____ ____ ____ ____
2. My aim is to pass the course while doing as little work as possible. ____ ____ ____ ____
3. During the course, my teacher creates opportunities for students to discuss their ____ ____ ____ ____
changing understanding of the subject
4. During the course, my teacher assumes that most of the students have little useful ____ ____ ____ ____
knowledge of the topics to be covered
5. Accounting teachers recognize that individual differences exist among students. ____ ____ ____ ____
6. Teaching strategies are of little importance because students learn well any way. ____ ____ ____ ____
7. Accounting teachers believed that feedback is important for student learning. ____ ____ ____ ____
8. Accounting teachers use a variety of evaluation procedures in accounting classes. ____ ____ ____ ____
9. Accounting teachers set achievable objectives for lessons. ____ ____ ____ ____
10. Accounting teachers use individualized instruction to help learners make decisions ____ ____ ____ ____
11. Accounting teachers connect the new element to be learned with something in ____ ____ ____ ____
previous experiences
12. Accounting teachers prepare instructional plans to provide desirable learning
experiences.
13. Accounting teachers clearly explain objectives of lessons to their students. ____ ____ ____ ____
14. Accounting teachers give topics to students for self-study/group study. ____ ____ ____ ____
15. Accounting teachers do lecture-discussion most of the time. ____ ____ ____ ____

16. Accounting teachers use computer assisted instruction. ____ ____ ____ ____

17. Accounting teachers do oral presentation or questioning. ____ ____ ____ ____

18. Accounting teachers give problem solving during discussion. ____ ____ ____ ____

19. Accounting teachers let the students participate in class through solving in board. ____ ____ ____ ____

20. Accounting teachers give assignments (reading & written) ____ ____ ____ ____

21. Accounting teachers give short or long quiz during the class. ____ ____ ____ ____

22. The school conduct field trips for accounting students to witness actual accounting ____ ____ ____ ____
related practices

Time Sufficiency: 4 3 2 1

1. Accounting teachers are able to cover the curriculum within existing time ____ ____ ____ ____
constraints.
2. Accounting teachers presents poor classroom management or dead time — where ____ ____ ____ ____
students are dozing or waiting for instruction.
3. Accounting teachers come to class at the right time. ____ ____ ____ ____
4. Accounting teachers prepare classes/lecture schedules in advance. ____ ____ ____ ____
5. Accounting teachers do repetition of their lecture before finishing the topic. ____ ____ ____ ____
6. Do you feel that you have enough time in school for learning the accounting ____ ____ ____ ____
subjects?
7. Do you ask questions and explanations which interrupts discussion? ____ ____ ____ ____
8. Teachers put more time on questioning rather than proceeding to the next topic. ____ ____ ____ ____
9. School principals, teachers and councils constantly work together for effective time ____ ____ ____ ____
management in teaching.
10. The instructor determined the speed of delivery, as he taught the material and ____ ____ ____ ____
decided when questions were to be answered and test to be administered.

11. Accounting teachers spend time in noninstructional classroom activities. ____ ____ ____ ____
12. Accounting teachers discussing something else. ____ ____ ____ ____
13. Students arriving late results to not having enough time to teach the lesson. ____ ____ ____ ____