About Keyboarding Research
Consider this page your portal into a place where you can read about and discuss teaching keyboarding in the classroom. I have added this Keyboarding Research and Resources blog to the original website so that we can offer a database of the research and related articles.
Respond to these postings. Identify how they help you. Have you had experiences that relate to that posting? Do you have other research that is relevant to the ideas we presented?
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This is a collection of references about keyboarding. The entries have been indexed by the Categories that you will see on the right.
Software and Hardware:
Find links to various types of Software and Hardware.
Dr. Z’s Points of View
Read Dr. Z’s Points of View about keyboarding. These may just be just ideas, or they may be the basis of an article that he is writing. Dr. Z’s Website
I sincerely hope that you find this website useful.
Leigh Zeitz, Ph.D.
(a.k.a. Dr. Z)
University of Northern Iowa
Send an email to Dr. Z at Leigh.Zeitz@uni.edu
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Comment by Dee Jeffries — #
Is there a good way to learn the number pad?
Comment by Diane — #
Hi
I was wondering if you know of research into the measurement of the effect on productivity of poor typing skills in organisations. I am keen to convince my organisation to take on touch typing as a skill it should offer its employees but it would be great if I could say “It will increase productivity by x%” - has anyone done work in this area?
thanks
Comment by Peter — #
Thank you for the research you have published this is the first site I could find that gave me information about keyboarding. Once again Thank You!
Comment by Jennifer Casey — #
Thank you for doing this. Keyboarding is often viewed as boring, unnecessary drudgery. Many “new” computer teachers want to skip this step and move on to the “fun” stuff. As a former business education teacher turned technology facilitator, I have never changed my belief in the importance of students learning to properly keyboard to obtain fluency, but I admit that I have backed off for the past couple of years. It seemed like a losing battle. Recently, I’ve started hearing rumblings of recognition that just maybe keyboarding does have some value and that kids don’t come out of the womb knowing how to keyboard. Hopefully, the tide is changing back a bit.
Comment by Debra Resch — #
Thanks so much for the site - I haven’t had a ton of time to explore yet, but I plan to. I’m a elementary/middle school keyboarding teacher in WI (certified Business Education pre-K - 12). I also ordered your book!
Comment by Kate Olson — #
I teach “keyboarding” at a secondary school in a juvenile corrections facility. All of my students have had keyboarding in their schools and/or used computer programs that teach keyboarding. No one coming in knows how to touch keyboard; all have been unsuccessful and have a negative attitude toward keyboarding. I use a packet that teaches touch keyboarding, is individually paced, and emphasizes correct keyboarding technique. After the keys are mastered, I move on to paragraphing, reports, letters, etc. The low-students improve in their language skills and have a sense of pride in their accomplishments.
Comment by Nancy Gilbertson — #
I have been teaching Keyboarding for 36 years, first as a business teacher and now as a special educator. There are no gimmicks that work and no easy shortcut ways to learn the keyboard. That is why only 10 percent of people who use keyboards can touch type and are productively lower than they could be. It takes time and focus, and the time varies by student.
Comment by Nancy Gilbertson — #
I am a business teacher and teach some keyboarding classes. These classes are mainly 9th grade students. We spend 8 weeks introducing the keyboard and then 10 weeks teaching formatting of documents such as outlines, tables, reports, work cited pages, footnotes, etc. I believe this is a good semester course that meets 3 out of a 6 day cycle. It gives students the basics that will help them be successful when doing reports, etc.
Comment by Karen Monahan — #
The question has come up is a desktop keyboard (full keyboard) better to teach keyboarding than on a laptop? Is there any research on this?
Comment by Dennis — #