Fact · Typing and writing speed
At the end of the touch-typing program, keyboarding speed of the typically achieving students decreased, while the speed of students with learning disabilities somewhat increased.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Results showed that at the end of the program, keyboarding speed of the NA students decreased”
The effect of a touch-typing program on keyboarding skills of higher education students with and without learning disabilities, Hayley Weigelt Marom and Naomi Weintraub, Research in Developmental Disabilities, vol. 47, pp. 208-217, 2015, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.09.014)- What it measures
- NA is the study's label for the 30 students without learning disabilities. The dip was measured at the end of the 14 lessons, before the three-month follow-up.
- What it does not show
- The abstract does not give the size of the dip. It is a single end-of-course measurement in university students.