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Griffin, Mary Alice; And Others – Business Education Forum, 1996
Responses from 221 of 316 Georgia public secondary business programs indicated the following: 96% offer keyboarding courses, 20% require them for graduation; 93% grade technique in first semester, 46% in second semester; most used timed writings for evaluation, especially net words per minute and time-and-error; most do not allow error correction…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Trends, Grading, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Railsback, Barbara; Hite, Nancy Groneman – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the value of business education at the secondary school level as perceived by three groups of people who have great impact on course offerings, student advisement, and teacher hiring decisions. Specifically, high school counselors, high school principals, and local board of education presidents in a…
Descriptors: Business Education, High Schools, Secondary Education, Value Judgment
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Schmidt, B. June; White, Clarence D. – Business Education Forum, 1989
A study was undertaken to determine the gross words per minute achieved and errors made on timed writings completed by keyboarding students at the middle/junior high school, beginning high school, and advanced high school level with error correction as part of the input process. (JOW)
Descriptors: Grading, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Secondary Education, Standards
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Joyner, Randy L.; And Others – Business Education Forum, 1993
Error analysis of 260 timed writings by secondary and postsecondary beginning and advanced students found that, regardless of the level of instruction or the type of equipment (electronic typewriter or microcomputer), an inordinate number of errors were associated with home key rows. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Error Patterns, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Microcomputers
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Feldmann, Shirley C.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1991
This study examined the effects of five variables--student grouping at the computer, keyboarding status, academic discipline, student gender, and gender of partner--on student social behavior, both verbal and affective, in microcomputer classrooms in a public business high school. The effect of these variables on teacher behavior was also…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Business Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
Feldmann, Shirley C.; And Others – 1989
This observational study examined student and teacher verbal and nonverbal behaviors in microcomputer classrooms in a high school where most of the students are Black, Hispanic, or Asian, and almost half of them are classified as economically disadvantaged. A total of 125 students in grades 9 to 12 were observed, with 47 students in marketing, 18…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Sociology
RESCUE, Litchfield, CT. – 1988
The Connecticut Business and Office Education (BOE) curriculum was revised in light of critical issues in BOE. The issues were studied prior to revision, and the following recommendations were made: (1) requiring a minimum of one semester of electronic keyboarding and word processing; (2) placing equal emphasis on management, logical thinking…
Descriptors: Bookkeeping, Business Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Redmann, Donna H., Ed. – 1995
This document contains 11 papers: "Integrated English/Keyboarding Instruction: Potential for Contextual Learning" (Baker, Anderson-Yates); "Incorporating Industry-Based Skill Standards into High School Secretarial and Administrative/Information Services Programs" (Bunn, Schmidt, Stewart); "The Effect of Two Different Interfaces for Database…
Descriptors: Business Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Databases
Sinha, Ratna; Anderson, Marcia A. – 1997
This study examined the career patterns of secondary school business education teachers, focusing on possible demographic differences between teachers who sought alternate career paths and those who did not. A stratified national sample of 284 business teachers completed a survey questionnaire. The study found that the typical respondent was a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Business Education Teachers, Career Development, Career Ladders
Harrison, Colin; And Others – 1990
Because of the crucial nature of the technical literacy problem and the necessity for employees to be able to understand and apply information contained in technical manuals, a technical literacy test was developed in order to identify the level of a person's familiarity with or likely aptitude for work using a computer. The information yielded by…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries
Lambrecht, Judith J. – 1986
Data were collected from Minnesota secondary and postsecondary business teachers regarding their instructional microcomputer applications and their attitudes about several instructional computing issues. Usable surveys were returned by 342 teachers in 236 schools. The predominant brand of computer at the secondary level was the Apple II; most…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Payneham (Australia). – 1989
The conference recorded in this document covered a wide variety of themes and consisted of keynote addresses, research presentations, and workshops. The following keynote addresses are include: "Some Recent TAFE National Centre Research and Development in Australian Vocational Education" (Hall); "Vocational Teacher Education:…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Disabilities, Distance Education, Engineering Education
Robinson, Bettye W., Ed.; Redmann, Donna H., Ed. – Louisiana Business Education Journal, 1992
Volume 1 of this journal contains the following research papers in the field of business education: "Economics Education" (Bruce Stirewalt); "Information Systems Laboratory" (Michael Totaro et al.); "Utilizing Computers in the Teaching of Keyboarding" (Cynthia Bertrand); "Variations on a Business Theme"…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Business Skills, Computer Uses in Education
Goins, L. Keith, Ed. – 1996
This proceedings includes the following papers: "Dealing with Discipline Problems in Schools" (Allen); "Developing Global Awareness" (Arnold); "Desktop Publishing Using WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows" (Broughton); "Learn and Earn" (Cauley); "Using the Computer to Teach Merchandising Math"…
Descriptors: Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Computer Software
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Alexander, Melody W.; Arp, Larry W. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1997
A survey of 260 secondary and 251 postsecondary business teachers (51% response) found that more secondary teachers thought computer training should begin at the elementary level; they were more likely to teach about computer use hazards. More postsecondary teachers reported observing students not using proper ergonomic techniques. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Computers, Human Factors Engineering, Injuries
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