Development and assessment of competences through participative learning methodologies for corporate accounting (Operaciones societarias)

Abstract

This paper explains the use of a par ticipative lear ning methodology, in order to highly improve the development of the specific and general competences of the Corporate Accounting subject. Creating high quality multiple choice questions require expertise of the contents. The ulterior quiz triggers the aim of the students to get a better result than their classmates. Specific competences ar e developed as the students need to lear n widely the contents of the subject to formulate the multiple choice questions. Besides, these specific competences ar e assessed when formulating the questions and answering later multiple choice questions in a quiz. In addition, general competences as responsibility and time management ar e improved and assessed through the work delivered by the students.