Does releasing tutorial solution improve student performance

Does access to tutorial solutions enhance student performance? Evidence from an accounting course Reza M. Monem Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University, Nathan, 1 , 24111, Australia Key words: Tutorial solutions; Student performance; Accounting course JEL classification: M49, I21 1 Address for correspondence: Reza M. Monem, Griffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Qld 4111. Email: r.monem@griffith.edu.au; Phone: +61 7 3735 3598; Fax: +61 7 3735 7760 2 Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Necmi Avkiran, Chris Hunt, and Terry Rowlands and the two anonymous referees for their constructive comments. Thanks are also due to the participants at UQ Business School (Ipswich) brown bag seminar. A previous version of this paper was presented at the Effective Teaching and Learning Conference 2004, Griffith University, Logan Campus. Does access to tutorial solutions enhance student performance? Evidence from an accounting course Abstract: Whether to release tutorial solutions to students is quite often a dilemma for instructors. This paper provides empirical evidence on the effect of releasing tutorial solutions in a management accounting course at a large Australian university. For this purpose, the paper develops ...