dc.contributor.author	Gillespie, Carol	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	McDonough, Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2003-2005	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-10-07T13:46:57Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:29:14Z
dc.date.available	2009-10-07T13:46:57Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:29:14Z
dc.date.issued	2005-05	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/406	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of my study was to determine if first-grade students had the developmental skills and the interest necessary to learn how to touch type on the computer keyboard without looking at their hands. Six students each from three different first-grade classes participated in the study. None of the students had received instruction in keyboarding prior to the study. All students received instruction for thirty-five minutes daily, over a course of nine days and were monitored for correct keyboarding technique while working. Accuracy was stressed over speed. Daily practice work was printed so the instructor could check for accuracy. At the end of the intervention the students answered questions about their keyboarding experience. The increase in typing speed from the pretest to the posttest was negligible, however at the end of two weeks all eighteen learners could easily type words and short sentences without looking at the keyboard and were eager for continued instruction. An explanation of the results of the study were presented to the faculty and parents at the research site. The parents expressed a great deal of enthusiasm for continuing the lessons that their children had begun. The teachers, though enthusiastic, expressed concerns that although touch typing instruction was of value that implementation at this time was not feasible due to time, budget, and curriculum restraints.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Developmental skills	en_US
dc.subject	Touch type	en_US
dc.subject	Accuracy	en_US
dc.title	We Can...Can They? Touch Typing for First Graders	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Curriculum and Instructional Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Leader, Lars F.	en_US
dc.description.committee	Zahner, Jane	en_US
dc.description.committee	Schmertzing, Lorraine	en_US
dc.description.degree	Ed. S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Instructional Technology	en_US