A comparison of keyboarded and handwritten compositions and the relationship with transcription speed

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-492

  Connelly, Vincent ^a   Gee, Deborah ^a   Walsh, Elinor ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER TERMINAL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; TIME; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 34249977946     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X116768     Document Type: Article

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