If typewriting instruction is to be realistic, students must practice realistic skills. Composition skills allow the student to use the typewriter in every form of communication. (MW)

Ten common typewriting errors are listed based on an analysis of student papers. (HD)

The first in a series of six articles on typewriting as a communication skill, covering the state of language skills and the use of the typewriter to improve reading. (HD)

Selected factors of practice promoting typewriting skill are: practice is no guarantee of learning; nonrepetitive practice is better than repetitive; mentally rehearsing a skill task is beneficial; little or no improvement takes place without knowledge of results, and; plateaus in motor skill learning may be indicative of practice limit.…

This article is an abstract of Dr. Langford's doctoral dissertation completed at Syracuse University. The primary purpose of the study was to ascertain and contrast the measurable effects, if any, of chaining" upon stroking speed and accuracy. (Author/JS)

The basic purpose of the study was to determine the types and frequency of nonshorthand errors on typewritten transcripts of shorthand dictation of 40 intermediate and 34 advanced stenography students at the University of Missouri in 1970-71. (Author)

The textbook characteristics of type size, type style, and layout, and the important psychological role these play in learning are discussed in terms of their application to the design of a typewriting text. (Editor/HD)