Damsma, Phia, and Pagliano, Paul (2014) Young children who are congenitally blind's use of the QWERTY keyboard: a critical survey of the literature. Journal of the South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment, 7 (1). pp. 29-36.

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Abstract

The focus of this paper is to clarify current understanding in the research literature regarding the strategies and procedures children who are congenitally blind might apply, when given the opportunity to freely explore the QWERTY computer keyboard as novice computer users. A critical conceptual overview of the relevant research literature on the ways children who are congenitally blind locate and memorise the different keys on the keyboard is provided. The differentiation between (touch) typing and keyboarding skills is discussed, and the research areas are then detailed that may be involved in the development of these particular keyboarding skills. The paper concludes with a call for further research into the area, particularly into salient features on the keyboard as potential reference cues for haptic spatial coding.

Item ID:	38361
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1443-7597
Date Deposited:	20 May 2015 03:19
FoR Codes:	13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130312 Special Education and Disability @ 100%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930103 Learner Development @ 100%
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