It is easy to assume students will be able to write easily and effectively using a keyboard. They are growing up surrounded by technology. But new research shows children write better by hand.
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The idea seems to make sense: if the system can predict your intended word before you type it, this should save you time. But that’s not necessarily the case.
It’s a big issue for users and the industry.
From Tolstoy to Mark Twain, the most famous writers owe many words of thanks to their long-suffering wives.
Many lament that the “good old days” when they were taught “the basics” at school have gone. When launching the National Curriculum in 2010, then-prime minister Kevin Rudd stated his objective was: … without…
A new study has found that skilled typists cannot identify the position of many keys on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Cognitive…
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