The Influence of Simulation Performance on Student Interest‪.‬

INTRODUCTION Traditional classroom instruction (i.e., lecturing) is generally considered to be highly effective in terms of transferring knowledge and, as such, has steadfastly remained the dominant method in higher education, particularly for those areas that are considered more quantitative. For example, studies have shown that the "chalk and talk" method of instruction is still most popular in finance courses (e.g., Saunders, 2001; Farooqi & Saunders, 2004; Iqbal, Farooqi & Saunders, 2006), as well as courses in related disciplines such as economics (Becker & Watts, 1996; Becker & Watts, 2001).