Transcript Accounting

Welcome to Accounting
Spring 2012
Mrs. Kerby instructing
Find your seat and look through the
items there
Accounting
Why are we here?
Accounting is …
planning
 analyzing
 interpreting financial information
 necessary for ALL businesses AND has
many personal applications
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Accounting requires …
basic math skills
 attention to detail
 good organizational skills
 good communication skills
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oral communication
 written communication
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
computer skills
Analytical or Global?
What kind of learner are you?
Analytical or global?
When it comes to…
Analytical thinkers
prefer …
Global thinkers prefer
…
Sound
Silence for
concentrating
Sound for
concentrating
Light for
reading/studying
Bright light
Very low light
Room Temperature
Warmer / heavy
clothing
Cooler / lightweight
clothing
Furniture
Studying at a desk and
chair
Studying on a bed or
floor
Mobility
Sitting still for long
periods of time
Moving around
constantly
Time of day for
studying
Morning; going to bed
early
Late day; staying up
late (night owl)
Analytical or global?
When it comes to… Analytical thinkers prefer
Global thinkers prefer
Eating
Eating breakfast and
regular meals
Skipping breakfast;
snacking while learning
Learning
Working alone or under the Working in a group or peer
direction of one other
learning; discovering rather
person; being self-directed, than being told
independent
Tasks
Working on one job at a
time until done; being
somewhat compulsive
Starting more jobs than they
complete; procrastinating
Planning
Making lists for everything;
planning far ahead; putting
tasks on a calendar;
avoiding risk-taking
Doing things when they
“feel like it”; not planning
ahead, but “going with the
flow”; experimenting; trying
things out
Analytical or global?
When it comes to…
Analytical thinkers prefer
Global thinkers prefer
Deciding
Taking a long time to make
decisions; second-guessing
decisions
Being spontaneous in
making decisions; dong
what “feels right”
Time
Punctuality; wearing
Running late; wearing
watches with large numbers fashion watches with few
or no numbers
Neatness
Neat, well-organized
appearance; outfits that “go
together”
Perceiving
Seeing things as they are at Seeing things as they
the moment; noticing detail might be; perceiving the
whole; ignoring detail
Disorganized
appearance; clothes may
not match
Analytical or global?
When it comes to…
Analytical thinkers prefer
Global thinkers prefer
Assembling
Following directions stepby-step; starting over if
they “get stuck”
Studying a picture of how
something will look when
complete, then assembling
it their way
Thinking
Logically, analytically,
sequentially; seeing
cause-and-effect;
perceiving differences;
figuring out things step-bystep; understanding
symbolic code
Intuitively and randomly;
seeing similarities and
connections; working
backwards from whole to
parts, from concrete to
symbolic
Learning
Sequential tasks and
concrete logical steps
Learning through openended tasks; creating new
ideas; learning through
simile and metaphor