Corporate Finance: Do Beginning Students Get it?

Posted: 29 Sep 2000

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James A. Gentry

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance

Michael A. Dyer

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance

Abstract

Did the students get it? This question frequently confronts finance professors following the presentation of lectures to beginning corporate finance students. Performance on future examinations and in higher-level finance courses suggests that beginning students "do not get it" as clearly as professors would like to believe. One objective of this study is to examine if beginning students in a corporate finance class can identify the most important points in the lecture and determine the points they least understand. Another objective is to describe and use Angelo's Fourteen Principles for improving higher learning to help students better understand the material and to improve their performance. Finally, Angelo's principles are used to show faculty how to improve their teaching skills. The paper provides insights for finance professors to become better teachers, to create an improved learning environment, and to enhance student learning.

JEL Classification: G30

Suggested Citation

Gentry, James A. and Dyer, Michael A., Corporate Finance: Do Beginning Students Get it?. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=198818

James A. Gentry (Contact Author)

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Michael A. Dyer

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance ( email )

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