Fact · Typing and writing speed
The 2017 dissertation's participants were grade 11 learners from a single township school in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The participants in this study were grade 11 learners from a township school in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.”
Typing Training Through Gamification (Master of Science dissertation), Silence Chomunorwa, University of Cape Town, Department of Computer Science, 2017, Methodology (participants).
Open the original- What it measures
- The dissertation's introduction links typing to school work: the author notes that learners often struggle to submit tasks on time, which can lead to penalties, and that some work is not of satisfactory quality.
- What it does not show
- One school and one age group, so the results may not carry over to adults or to people who already type at work.