Inheriting a hypothesis from a superior and explaining one's decision may lead to the use of a hypothesis-confirming strategy (Church, 1991; 1990). This study investigates whether generating one's own hypothesis and counterexplaining would mitigate such behaviour among auditing students in a...

This teaching note reports and evaluates an initiative to enhance first-year accounting students' written communication skills in a large class setting. The procedures adopted are outlined and empirical evidence of the effectiveness of these procedures in enhancing writing skills is provided....