Introduction to Keyboarding Exercises

1. Introduction to Keyboarding Exercises By Lisa Mitchell

2. Working with Typing Instructor Deluxe

3. Adding your name to the list

4. Setting a goal

5. The main menu

6. Lesson options

7. Starting the lesson

8. Completing a lesson

9. Getting the results

10. Beginning another lesson

11. Completing another lesson

12. Just for fun

13. Choosing a Virtual Adventure

14. Ending your practice session

15. Principles Used • 1.1 “Skills can be usefully classified along a continuum, from simple reflexive (or “reproductive”) to complex, strategy-based (or “productive”). The position of a skill on this continuum is a major determinant of the training approach that should be adopted” (p. 129). • 2.1 “Mastery of physical tasks progresses through a series of identifiable stages as skill develops. These stages are useful evaluation milestones that should be looked for as a guide to the progress of instruction” (p. 135). • 3.10 “The demonstration of the task should be shown from the viewpoint of the learner” (p. 145). • 4.11 “The pacing of high speed tasks promotes more rapid progress to mastery” (p. 152). • 5.6 “In general, knowledge of performance enhances the learning effectiveness of a practice exercise” (p. 161). • 6.7 “As learning and practice progress, care must be taken to avoid too fast a progression to more difficult tasks. Information overload generally results in a deterioration of task execution” (p. 168).

16. References Romiszowski, A. (1993). Psychomotor Principles. In M. Fleming & W.H. Levie (Eds.), Instructional message design: Principles from the behavioral and cognitive sciences (pp.127-189). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. Typing Instructor Deluxe. (2003). Pleasanton, CA: Individual Software Inc.