Proofreading is the precise and exacting process of examining a completed piece of work to detect all errors. Errors fall into one of five areas: (1) typing, (2) English, (3) content, (4) form, and (5) appearance. A check list of common proofreading errors is included. (JOW)

More typing related activities should be used by the classroom teacher. These include such varied activities as typing applicant blanks, proofreading, typing reports, and the purchase and servicing of typewriters. (BP)

Guidelines are provided for reducing superfluous production techniques and for concentrating instead on the principal objectives of personal use typing: (1) Development of student keyboard typing skill and (2) student comprehension of essential copy placement rules. (TA)

The procedures and advantages of the gross speed--two percent-of-error method in scoring typewriting timed writings are presented. The method makes allowance for errors according to the number of opportunities for error. A mailing address for the typing scoring chart and further information on the method is included. (AG)

An illustrated score sheet is included in this discussion of a method of teaching number typing using number drill sheets for six minutes of each class period. (TA)

For the beginning typist the transition from the printed copy to original composition is difficult. Interest and enthusiasm for original composition at the typewriter may be created with use of "Thought Starters."

Trying to teach a one-handed person to type in the same fashion as a two-handed person is a mistake. Each handicapped person has to adapt to his own capabilities. The writer outlines the stages she went through in learning to type with one hand. (Author/KP)

The learning activities planned for use in a vocational typewriting class should meet at least one of the following objectives: develop the highest basic skill, provide a useable skill, recognize that knowledge learned is transferable to outside activities, emphasize both straight copy and production efficiency, and use realistic problems. (BP)

A teaching technique is described in which the students were paid dollars for perfectly corrected production work and charged dollars for errors in typing and proofreading. (Author/BP)

The article illustrates a way typing students, with the guidance of a competent teacher, can individually progress toward prescribed competencies with the typewriter. The method consists of five easy steps: plan, orient, review, guide, and evaluate. (Author)

The importance of Word Processing Centers, using automatic typewriters, in the business world and the implications for the office occupations education curriculum is considered. (AG)

Trends in typewriting instruction are discussed in the following areas: vocational opportunities for typists, present enrollment in typewriting, approach to teaching typewriting, typing numbers, justification of typewriting costs, and the teaching load of the typewriting teacher. (TA)