Word Processing and the Keyboard: Comparative Effects of Transcription on Achievement

Dunn, Bill; Reay, David

doi:10.1080/00220671.1989.10885899

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“…This has been found in many other studies (e.g. Dunn & Reay, 1989; Pisha, 1993). However, Rogers and Case‐Smith also found that 30% of their sample who were slow handwriters were, in fact, fast keyboarders.…”

Section: Transcription Can Involve Either Handwriting or Keyboardingsupporting

confidence: 87%

A comparison of keyboarded and handwritten compositions and the relationship with transcription speed

Connelly

Gee

Walsh

2007

Brit J of Edu Psychol

142

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There was a high correlation between handwriting and keyboarding speed and handwriting speed was consistently faster than keyboarding speed across all ages. Only a small minority of children in years 5 and 6 had faster keyboarding than handwriting speed. Results showed that children's compositional quality was superior in the handwritten scripts as opposed to the keyboarded scripts. Keyboarded scripts were up to 2 years behind handwritten scripts in development. Writing by keyboard does not necessarily lead to improvements in script quality, compared with handwritten scripts. Explicit keyboarding instruction (touch-typing) is needed to develop keyboarding fluency and unlock the full potential of the word processor for children's writing.

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Section: Transcription Can Involve Either Handwriting or Keyboardingsupporting

confidence: 87%

A comparison of keyboarded and handwritten compositions and the relationship with transcription speed

Connelly

Gee

Walsh

2007

Brit J of Edu Psychol

142

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“…GWPM, as defined by several authors, is calculated by dividing the number of characters typed in one minute by five (Dunn & Reay, 1989;Hall, 1985;Morrow, 1989;Wetzel, 1985). It is not certain that each author's definition of a particular metric is necessarily identical with that used by other authors using the same metric.…”

Section: Keyboarding Speedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some authors have factored keyboarding errors into their measures of keyboarding speed (e.g., Dunn & Reay, 1989) although not necessarily in a similar fashion. Others have not done this but have separately noted keyboarding error rates (e.g., Preminger, Weiss, & Weintraub, 2004).…”

Section: Keyboarding Accuracymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, keyboarding can impose new burdens (Lewis, Graves, Ashton, & Kieley, 1998;Penso, 1999). The attention required by keyboarding and the slower rate of production might negatively affect the length and quality of writing (Dunn & Reay, 1989) and represent no advantage over handwriting (McCutchen, 1995). The attention required by keyboarding and the slower rate of production might negatively affect the length and quality of writing (Dunn & Reay, 1989) and represent no advantage over handwriting (McCutchen, 1995).…”

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Keyboarding for Students with Handwriting Problems

Freeman

Mackinnon

Miller

2005

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics

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A literature review is presented regarding keyboarding for school students experiencing handwriting difficulties. Despite the overall dearth of research, some general conclusions appear warranted. Students need to be able to keyboard at least as fast as they can handwrite and should learn the touch-keyboarding method if possible. Appropriate instruction appears critical for the development of keyboarding competency. The upper elementary age is an appropriate time to start teaching keyboarding, with students possibly requiring 25-30 total hours of instruction. Students experiencing handwriting difficulties might need customized goals and strategies. Although the existing literature regarding the role of performance components in keyboarding provides some direction to clinicians, further investigation is required.

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“…They studied 3 children, comparing their handwritten work to their compositions written with a word processor. Dunn and Reay (1989), however, comparing writing quality of handwritten papers with that of papers produced by a word processor, found no educationally or statistically significant difference in performance. Keyboard competence did significantly affect the quality of writing.…”

Section: Eflkcts Of Instructional Sequences On the Development Of Hanmentioning

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Progress of Handwriting Research in the 1980s and Future Prospects

Dobbie¹,

Askov

1995

The Journal of Educational Research

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Word Processing and the Keyboard: Comparative Effects of Transcription on Achievement

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

A comparison of keyboarded and handwritten compositions and the relationship with transcription speed

A comparison of keyboarded and handwritten compositions and the relationship with transcription speed

Keyboarding for Students with Handwriting Problems

Progress of Handwriting Research in the 1980s and Future Prospects

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