Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing
4. The project brief

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain the principle that Capital = Assets – Liabilities.
• 1.2 Demonstrate the use of the accounting equation.
• 1.3 Outline the accounting concepts used when recording financial transactions.
• 2.1 Outline the double-entry system of bookkeeping.
• 2.2 Use the double-entry system of bookkeeping to process accounting data.
• 2.3 Analyse the usefulness of the double-entry system of bookkeeping to process accounting data.
• 2.4 Prepare a trial balance from given double-entry accounting data.
• 3.1 Outline the purpose of the three-column cash book.
• 3.2 Differentiate between cash and trade discounts.
• 3.3 Explain the accounting treatment for cash and trade discounts.
• 3.4 Prepare a three-column cash book from given data.
• 4.1 Explain the purpose of a bank reconciliation statement.
• 4.2 Prepare a bank reconciliation statement from given data.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

• The project brief · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students