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Using Words Instead Of Jumbled Characters As Stimuli In Keyboard Training Facilitates Fluent Performance
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2011)
  • Anthony Defulio, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Darlene E. Crone-Todd, Johns Hopkins University
  • Lauren V. Long, Johns Hopkins University
  • Paul A. Nuzzo, Johns Hopkins University
  • Kenneth Silverman, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Abstract
Keyboarding skill is an important target for adult education programs due to the ubiquity of computers in modern work environments. A previous study showed that novice typists learned key locations quickly but that fluency took a relatively long time to develop. In the present study, novice typists achieved fluent performance in nearly half the time when words rather than jumbled characters were used as stimuli. This suggests that using real words in the keyboarding program can enhance the efficiency of training.
Keywords
  • typing,
  • fluency,
  • adult education,
  • job skills,
  • workforce development
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter 2011
DOI
10.1901/jaba.2011.44-921
Citation Information
Anthony Defulio, Darlene E. Crone-Todd, Lauren V. Long, Paul A. Nuzzo, et al.. "Using Words Instead Of Jumbled Characters As Stimuli In Keyboard Training Facilitates Fluent Performance" Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Vol. 44 Iss. 4 (2011) p. 921 - 924
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/darlene-cronetodd/8/