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Is Choice Desirable in Tax Education?

Terry Filer

TRN proceedings - forthcoming

Swansea University Author: Terry Filer

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Problem based learning (PBL) is often an effective approach to taxation education where students learn how to apply their knowledge to a case study scenario to check their understanding and to prepare for real world decision making.Often these case studies are presented in a written text format, whi...

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Published in: TRN proceedings - forthcoming
Published: Online only TRN 2023 2023
Online Access: https://taxresearch.network/trn-conference-2023-cambridge/
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