Competition-Based Learning (CBL) is a one of the innovative learning methodologies that is gaining interest among academicians. This topic requires further attention owing to its potential to boost students’ learning outcomes, motivation and performance. This empirical study tries to illustrate one example on how a competition-based learning can be incorporated into a finance subject particularly in the technical analysis course. The objective of the study is to determine whether competition-based learning enhances learning ability or otherwise. Adopting the quantitative research methodology, a standard online questionnaire on a set of 79 students from three financial course groups were undertaken. A descriptive analysis was used to discover whether the competition-based learning helps to enhance the students learning experience. The results suggest that the students are of the opinion that the method of assessment has enhanced their learning ability in the course. The competition element produces an interesting learning experience and admire students to explore further the subject, whilst achieving the learning outcomes. Among further research proposed includes performing a thorough research to confirm the competition-based learning effectiveness and integrating the competition-based learning into other subject in the finance education.
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To Cite this Article: Nor, A. M., Ibrahim, S. N., Hashim, N., & Mohamed, M. (2022). Does Competition-Based Learning Enhances Learning Ability? A Preliminary Study on the Finance Education. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(10), 2418– 2427.
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