Fact · Typing and writing speed
In a 2023 study of fourth-grade students, reading speed was the main underlying ability that predicted keyboarding performance in both copying and dictation tasks.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Reading speed was the major underlying function predicting keyboarding performance in both tasks”
Underlying functions associated with keyboarding performance of elementary-school students, N. Gahshan-Haddad and N. Weintraub, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023, Abstract, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1080/11038128.2023.2188254)- What it measures
- The students were tested on reading speed, attention shifting, fine-motor skills, kinesthetic awareness and keyboarding. The keyboarding tasks were copying text and writing from dictation.
- What it does not show
- The design is correlational, and the study does not show whether keyboarding practice changes reading speed or whether reading speed drives keyboarding. It is a single study with a small sample.