Date of Award
3-1997
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Graduate Education
First Advisor
Barbara Fennema
Second Advisor
Dennis Vander Plaats
Abstract
This study investigated the influence of keyboarding proficiency on writing quality. The participants were seventeen fifth graders in a small private school. One sample group participated in formal keyboarding instruction for seven weeks. The other sample group used the computers for the same seven week period but with other programs not related to improving keyboarding proficiency. Keyboarding tests were taken as a pre-test and post-test. Writing samples were taken as a pre-test and post-test and scored holistically. An analysis of the keyboarding pre-test and post-tests suggested that a significant improvement in keyboarding skills had developed for the group given formal keyboarding instruction. However, in analyzing the writing samples, the results suggest equal improvement in writing quality for both the keyboarding and control group.
Recommended Citation
Kroeze, Jon S., "Effects of Keyboarding Skills on the Quality of Writing Using a Word Processor for Composing" (1997). Master of Education Program Theses. 56.
https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/med_theses/56
Comments
Action Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education