Do Typing Skills Matter? Investigating University Students' Typing Speed and Performance in Online Exams
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| Title: | Do Typing Skills Matter? Investigating University Students' Typing Speed and Performance in Online Exams |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Laura Sperl, Clara Marie Breier, Eric Grießbach, Stefan R. Schweinberger |
| Source: | Higher Education Research and Development. 2024 43(4):981-995. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Office Occupations Education, College Freshmen, Skill Development, Online Courses, Timed Tests, Written Language, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Word Processing, Scores, Test Content, Psychology, Duplication, Performance, Cognitive Processes, Psychomotor Skills, COVID-19, Pandemics, German, Foreign Students, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Universities |
| Geographic Terms: | Germany |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07294360.2023.2287724 |
| ISSN: | 0729-4360 1469-8366 |
| Abstract: | In response to COVID-19, universities worldwide experienced drastic and sudden changes including the need to shift to online teaching and assessment. Following previous research suggesting that individual differences in typing skills could influence text quantity and quality, we investigated whether university students' typing speed is related to their performance in an online written exam, considering that low typing skills could potentially be disadvantageous. To this end, first-year university students participated in a copy-typing task immediately after completing a graded online exam. Results show a trend toward a triangular relationship between typing speed, text length and exam performance. Despite coefficients being small, this approach allows unique insights into externally valid data of university students' typed free text production in an authentic online exam situation. Our findings emphasize the need for more research into this highly variable skill in order to understand and minimize unwanted interindividual differences that could possibly influence exam outcomes. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1421846 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In response to COVID-19, universities worldwide experienced drastic and sudden changes including the need to shift to online teaching and assessment. Following previous research suggesting that individual differences in typing skills could influence text quantity and quality, we investigated whether university students' typing speed is related to their performance in an online written exam, considering that low typing skills could potentially be disadvantageous. To this end, first-year university students participated in a copy-typing task immediately after completing a graded online exam. Results show a trend toward a triangular relationship between typing speed, text length and exam performance. Despite coefficients being small, this approach allows unique insights into externally valid data of university students' typed free text production in an authentic online exam situation. Our findings emphasize the need for more research into this highly variable skill in order to understand and minimize unwanted interindividual differences that could possibly influence exam outcomes. |
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| ISSN: | 0729-4360 1469-8366 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07294360.2023.2287724 |
