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ERIC Number: EJ405249
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Touch Screen versus Keyboard: A Comparison of Task Performance of Young Children.
Battenberg, Janice K.; Merbler, John B.
Journal of Special Education Technology, v10 n2 p24-28 Fall 1989
Forty developmentally delayed and 40 non-delayed kindergarten children completed an alphabet matching task and a spelling task using 2 different computer input devices: a traditional computer keyboard and a touch-sensitive computer screen. The touch-sensitive screen generally improved the performance of both groups. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developmental Disabilities, Input Output Devices, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Kindergarten, Letters (Alphabet), Microcomputers, Performance Factors, Primary Education, Spelling
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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