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ERIC Number: EJ397237
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Word Processing and the Keyboard: Comparative Effects of Transcription on Achievement.
Dunn, Bill; Reay, David
Journal of Educational Research, v82 n4 p237-45 Mar-Apr 1989
Subjects (N=52) in a study comparing writing quality of handwritten papers with that of papers produced by word processor showed no educationally or statistically significant differences in performance. Within the experimental group keyboard competence did significantly affect writing quality. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Word Processing, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Transcription