An Experimental Study to Compare Audio-Tutorial Instruction with Traditional Instruction in Beginning Typewriting

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The problem of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two methods of teaching beginning typewriting in the community college. The two methods are an audio-tutorial approach and the traditional textbook approach. Groups taught by the contrasting methods of instruction were compared on the basis of their production performance and their straight-copy skills after thirty-six class periods of instruction. A comparison was also made of the attrition rate of the two groups.

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Jones, Arvella August 1974.

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The problem of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two methods of teaching beginning typewriting in the community college. The two methods are an audio-tutorial approach and the traditional textbook approach. Groups taught by the contrasting methods of instruction were compared on the basis of their production performance and their straight-copy skills after thirty-six class periods of instruction. A comparison was also made of the attrition rate of the two groups.

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Jones, Arvella. An Experimental Study to Compare Audio-Tutorial Instruction with Traditional Instruction in Beginning Typewriting, dissertation, August 1974; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500700/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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