Fact · Typing and writing speed
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The 2003 experiment gave 22 students a touch-typing course followed by a period of typing their own homework, using a modified reward for looking at the screen.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“In an experiment that evaluated this solution, 22 students were given a touch-typing training course followed by a period in which they had to type their own homework.”
Melioration and the Transition from Touch-Typing Training to Everyday Use, Eldad Yechiam et al., Human Factors, 2003, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- The study used a secondary task that asked typists to respond to on-screen signals. It changed the reward so that looking at the screen became more attractive than looking at the keys, which the authors say reduced the melioration effect and helped the skill take hold and persist.
- What it does not show
- A small single study with students. It is evidence that the method can work in a trial, not evidence of how much any person will gain.