Using words instead of jumbled characters as stimuli in keyboard training facilitates fluent performance

Anthony Defulio; Darlene E. Crone-Todd; Lauren V. Long; Paul A. Nuzzo; Kenneth Silverman

doi:10.1901/jaba.2011.44-921

Using words instead of jumbled characters as stimuli in keyboard training facilitates fluent performance

Anthony Defulio, Darlene E. Crone-Todd, Lauren V. Long, Paul A. Nuzzo, Kenneth Silverman

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	921-924
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of applied behavior analysis
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2011.44-921
State	Published - Dec 2011

Keywords

adult education
fluency
job skills
typing
workforce development

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Philosophy
Applied Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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