Why Does Australia Lag Behind In Typing Skills?
Why does Australia lag behind the rest of the world in the teaching of typing skills? Over the past 40 years in Australia we have seen the skill of touch-typing move from being a vocational (secretarial) skill learnt by a few to a key skill for all, in the age […]
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Research Underpins the development of EdAlive Online Learning websites
Since EdAlive’s creation in 1986, we have striven to provide educational resources that best fit the needs of teachers and students alike. When we became a publisher ourselves, our goal was to research how to best meet those needs. Research in turn underpinned the development of the titles that you […]
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Research Underpins EdAlive Websites
EdAlive is committed to educational design directed and validated by research. Ongoing development of our products follows evidence-based best practice and has resulted in the publication of our five online learning websites. Research by EdAlive Online Learning website: Typing Tournament Resources & Research Maths Invaders Resources & Research Words Rock […]
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Teaching with Typing Tournament – Best Practice
Helpful strategies Over the years we have gathered a wealth of information relating to the way that teachers use Typing Tournament in their classes. There are a multitude of approaches. The following list sets out some of the most useful that we have found. The teaching of efficient typing skills […]
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Massive Boost to NAPLAN Writing Task Results
Our research has shown that Year 5 students who have learned to type with the leading touch-typing tutor, Typing Tournament Online have a clear advantage and a pathway to improved NAPLAN scores for the whole class. On average, the result for children in the class will be boosted by 7 marks […]
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Typing Tournament Research
Our research shows that Typing Tournament really makes a difference Schools using Typing Tournament are seeing students increase their typing speed by an average of 6 WPM per term and are regularly achieving typing speeds of over 45 WPM. Research shows that the use of Typing Tournament boosts achievement in […]
Research Summary: Keyboard Ability Significantly Boosts NAPLAN Results
Research shows that students who can type have a clear advantage in NAPLAN Online.
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Students Reach Speeds OF Over 45 WPM
45 WPM for students is readily attainable Students using Typing Tournament are reaching speeds of 45 Words Per Minute (wpm) by the time they finish primary school. This level of typing speed sets them up for success in their careers and gives them a massive time advantage over those that […]
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Massive 6 WPM / Term Increase In Typing Speed
Regular use of Typing Tournament Online increases average typing speed by 6 WPM per term per student! Over the past few weeks we have been analysing students’ progress when learning to type with Typing Tournament Online. The results are incredible. A glance at the Leaderboard indicates that we have many […]
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Full Research: Typing Skill Boosts NAPLAN Results
Research Summary available here… New research has shown that Year 5 students who have learned to type with the leading touch-typing tutor, Typing Tournament Online have a clear advantage going into their NAPLAN Writing Task at Year 5 and above. Data Target Typing Tournament Online Schools were identified where classes […]
