SMU Challenge: Teaching using game-based app
Publication Type
Case
Publication Date
8-2025
Abstract
The case describes the SMU Challenge game, a digital simulation game that students can play anytime and anywhere, to revise their knowledge of concepts they had learnt earlier. As at July 2025, seven topics are covered: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Audit and Assurance, International Financial Reporting Standards, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Law of Torts.
Under the Financial Accounting topic of the app, the concepts that are covered include transaction analysis and double entry accounting system. Among the concepts tested in the Management Accounting topic are basic cost concepts and product costing classifications. As for the Audit and Assurance topic, concepts that students are tested on include audit planning, risk assessment, and audit testing. The International Financial Reporting Standards topic covers concepts like leases and revenue recognition, while the Microeconomics and Macroeconomics topics test concepts like demand and supply, trade and exchange rates, fiscal tools, and trade extensions. Finally, the Law of Torts topic includes concepts such as tort of negligence, breach of statutory duty, vicarious liability and non-delegable duties, land torts, interferences with the person, and defamation.
The key learning objectives of the SMU Challenge game include the understanding and application of concepts covered in seven broad areas: financial accounting, management accounting, audit and assurance, financial reporting, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and law of torts.
Keyword(s)
Digital Learning, Accounting, Auditing, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Business Law
Discipline
Accounting | Educational Methods
Area of Excellence
Digital transformation
Research Areas
Corporate Reporting and Disclosure
Data Source
Generalised Experience
Industry
Higher Education
Geographic Coverage
Singapore
Temporal Coverage
2025
Education Level
Executive Education; Postgraduate; Undergraduate
Publisher
Singapore Management University
Case ID
SMU-25-0006
Additional URL
https://ccx-shop.smu.edu.sg/products/smu-challenge-teaching-using-game-based-app?variant=43482732232746
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