Keyboarding Evaluation

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Keyboarding Evaluation
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Types of Evaluation

• Diagnostic identify skill level
• Formative ongoing student progress
• Summative summarize progress
• Note Involve students in evaluation

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Evaluation in Keyboarding

• Assessments
• Keyboarding technique
• Processes used
• Production of accurate documents
• Attitude
• Assessment Techniques
• Purpose of assessment

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Keyboarding Technique

• Proper technique is ESSENTIAL
• Develop and reinforce continually
• Establish criteria
• Develop checklist
• Evaluate a few students each period

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Error Correction

• After learn key location
• Develop skill of error recognition
• Make corrections during session

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Skill Development

• Evaluate achievements in touch typing
• Anecdotal records
• Checklists
• Rating scales

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Straight-Copy Timed Writings

• Decide on whether to allow corrections
• 10 seconds to three minutes
• Multiple attempts at same copy
• Calculating rates
• Total number of words/time (minutes)
• Word 5 keystrokes
• CWAM words number of errors/time

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Proofreading

• Requires
• knowledge and concentration
• patience and attention to detail
• Spell check
• Proofreaders marks
• Proof before and after printing
• Peer editing

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Production Work

• Final products letters, reports, brochures
• Replicate copy that is correctly arranged
• Format unarranged keyed copy
• Format handwritten and unarranged
• Error free on first attempt
• Completed within given time
• Maximum of two attempts suggested

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Production Work Criteria

• Visual appeal font, white space, clean, not
  wrinkled
• Formatting correct placement, consistent
• Keyboarding error free, all elements
• Grammar free of run-ons, etc.

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Attitude and Effort

• First grading period
• Collect data on attitude and effort
• Require encouragement to continue to strive to
  improve

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Portfolios

• Envelope, file, binder, or folder
• Gain sense of level of achievement
• Assessment log keep track and organize
• Demonstrate progress