Keyboarding Instruction at the Toronto District School Board Pilot Study 2016-17

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE Administrator/Educator Surveys There were 23 and 25 staff members who responded to the surveys administered prior to and after the completion of the Keyboarding Pilot Program, respectively. [...] The goal of the program was to have “all students who participated be able to touch type all letters on the keyboard by the end of the program” (Glover et al., 2013, p. 28), while the two research questions were to determine the effect of keyboarding software available within the TDSB (BBC Typing and Ultrakey) on Grade 2 students’ (1) perceptions of keyboarding and (2) keyboarding skills. [...] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE Purpose of the Evaluation and Research Questions Purpose of the Evaluation Following the Board motion in May 2016, the TDSB prepared to implement a Keyboarding Pilot Program with a research component in the 2016-17 school year. [...] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE The study of the Keyboarding Pilot Program used a quasi-experimental, mixed methods research design in which data were collected before and after implementation of the program. [...] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE Perceptions of the Keyboarding Pilot Program To better understand the aforementioned findings, students’ experiences with and perceptions of the Keyboarding Pilot Program should be considered.