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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 27-52 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Journal of Writing Research |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Nowadays, university students do not necessarily acquire their typing skills through systematic touch-typing training, like professional typists. How, then, are the resulting typing skills of university students structured To reveal the composition of today's typical typing skills, 32 university students were asked to perform three writing tasks: copying from memory, copying from text, and generating from memory. Variables of keyboard operation that presumably reflect typing abilities and strategies were recorded with ScriptLog, a keystroke logging software; these variables include typing speed, keyboard efficiency, and keyboard activity beyond keypresses that become visible in the final text. Factor analyses reveal three components of typing behavior per task. The clearest interpretations of these components concern keyboard activity efficiency and typing speed. Across tasks, typing speed is the strongest individually stable facet of keyboard operation. In summary, university students' keyboard behavior is a multi-faceted skill rather than the mere mastery of a touch-typing method.
Keywords
- Academic writing, Keyboard efficiency, Keystroke logging, Typing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Language and Linguistics
- Social Sciences(all)
- Linguistics and Language
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Literature and Literary Theory
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In: Journal of Writing Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2008, p. 27-52.
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