Create a new account

It's simple, and free.

Variables of Student Performance in Typing Class

This study examined the relationships between student learning styles, variations in feedback assessment strategies, and student performance in a high school typing class. Student performance was measured with respect to both accuracy and speed.

Literature related to the problem examined is reviewed in this chapter. The findings of the literature review are presented in two major discussions, the first of which considers learning styles, while the second deals with performance evaluation and feedback assessment.

Learning is the process by which an individual is able to change his or her behavior in some constructive manner (Skinner, 1953). The three basic theories of learning are (1) trial and error, (2) conditioned response, and (3) insight.

In the trial and error approach, the individual learns by attempting different solutions to a problem until he or she discovers which one of the alternatives work best. The role of the teacher in this approach is to give the student some direction by leading her or him towards certain techniques which may assist in developing a problem solution. The theory underlying the conditioned response approach is learning through habit formation (Skinner, 1953). One major difficulty with the conditioned response approach is that it is virtually impossible to precreate a condition and a response for all of the conceivable situations which may be encountered. The insight approach, also known as the perceptual response approach, holds that all learning of whatever variety has as its basic characteristic a progressive differentiation from a more general perceptual field (Maslow, 1966). This approach provides individuals with the abilities to solve problems through the use of perception and imaginationonce the individuals have been given some concept of what the complete perceptual field of interest involves. Through the ap...

Page 1 of 16 Next >

More on Variables of Student Performance in Typing Class...

Loading...
APA     MLA     Chicago
Variables of Student Performance in Typing Class. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 08:58, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1691470.html