Does using computer technology improve students' performance? Evidence from a management accounting course
Shamsi S. Bawaneh

Abstract
The debate in using computer technology in teaching for improving students’ performance remains uncertain for university instructors. This study provides empirical evidence on the effect of using computer technology in teaching a management accounting course at a state university in Jordan. It develops a base model for predicting students’ performance in the course and expands it to incorporate a variable capturing the use of computer technology in presenting the materials of this course to the students. In the base model, students’ performance in the mid-semester was found to be a good predictor for performance in the final examination. There was no evidence that the performance in an introductory course or the role of gender may lead to better students’ performance in the final examination. In the expanded model, there was evidence that using computer technology in teaching management accounting course improves students’ performance in the final examination relative to both the performance in the mid-semester examination and the grade in the introductory accounting course.

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