Teaching the Alphabet and Number Keys Concurrently in High School Beginning Typewriting Classes

• Main Author: Zimmer, Theresa M.
• Other Authors: Thomas, L. Fred (Lawrence Fred)
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1981
• Subjects: typewriter classes; teaching methods; female high school students; Typewriting > Study and teaching.; Typewriting > Methodology.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331604/

The problem of this study is that of comparing a concurrent approach with the traditional (delayed) approach of presenting the alphabet and number/symbol keys on the typewriter keyboard. Ten experimental classes and ten control classes, of male and female high school beginning typewriting students in Texas, participated in the study. The experimental group was introduced the alphabet and number/symbol keys concurrently with drills coordinated with Century 21 Typewriting. The control group was introduced the alphabet and number/symbol keys according to Century 21 Typewriting. Both groups used three minutes of daily practice on number drills through Lesson 60.