Attention, Perception & Psychophysics has published research on skilled typists and the QWERTY keyboard. The 100 participants (young adults and adults) in the study were asked to complete a short typing test. Following the typing test, the participants were given a blank QWERTY keyboard on a piece of paper where they had 80 seconds to […]
Zaner-Bloser has proposed Written Language Production Standards for Handwriting and Keyboarding. These standards offer developmentally appropriate, research–based indicators to integrate handwriting and keyboarding into the curriculum. From the Zaner-Bloser website it states that the standards are: “research-based and includes basic letter formation and keyboarding indicators included in the Common Core State Standards for English […]
When assessing students for written productivity, handwriting speeds are frequently compared to keyboarding speeds. There are several helpful documents on the internet to help evaluate students: 1. Developing a Written Productivity Profile: Comparing handwriting to keyboarding 2. Handwriting Speeds – from Montgomery Schools Maryland 3. Handwriting / Keyboarding Rates – from the National Assistive Technology […]
CanChild has a research based, informative hand out for school staff and parents on whether children with coordination problems should learn how to use a word processor or continue to focus on handwriting. It answers questions such as: Why should children with DCD use a computer or word processor? Does keyboarding mean we are giving […]