Committee Chair

Miller, Ted

Committee Member

Guess, Pamela; Hinsdale, Bernard; Buggey, Tom

Department

Dept. of Education

College

College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This study examined the efficacy of two programs designed to teach keyboarding skills to school-aged children with intellectual disabilities. The study employed a mixed methods research design utilizing the number of accurate key strokes and speed in completing a task as dependent variables in the quantitative analysis. The scores used in the analysis were derived from a teacher-designed test that consisted of a timed test with students keyboarding specific sets of letter sequences. The qualitative segment of the study consisted of focus group interviews with the participating teachers to determine the method perceived to be effective in teaching keyboarding skills to children with intellectual disabilities. Decisional statistics were performed to determine which program was more effective in teaching the selected students keyboarding skills. Teachers were interviewed in focus sessions and the results from the interviews were analyzed to determine their perceptions of the two programs. Overall, both programs were successful in teaching keyboarding skills; however, teachers stated that ColorCoded Keyboarding© was more effective in increasing the number of keys learned and promoting self-esteem and self-efficacy.

Degree

Ed. D.; A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Education.

Date

5-2015

Subject

Children with disabilities -- Education -- Data processing; Typewriting -- Study and teaching; Keyboarding

Keyword

keyboarding skills; cognitive disabilities

Document Type

Doctoral dissertations

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

xii, 132 leaves

Language

English

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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