5th GRADE KEYBOARDING COMPETENCE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMARY
(Assessed and submitted during the final term of the school year.)

District

 

School

 

Principal

 

Keyboarding Teacher(s) and Position

 

 

 

 

Evaluator(s) - If other than keyboarding teacher

 

 

In general, the statistics reported represent students who have received the following total amount of keyboarding instruction:

q           1 yr (minimum of 36 hours)

q           2 yrs (between 36 - 72 hours)

q           3 yrs (between 72-108 hours)

q           4 yrs (more than 108 hours)

q           Other (Explain):

 

 

Method of keyboarding Instruction:

q     Totally teacher-directed

q     Totally software based

q     Teacher Directed and software enhanced

q     Other (Explain):

 

 

Curriculum/Software Used (check all that apply)

q           Keyboard Chatter

q           Keyboard Craze

q           Ellsworth Publishing Keyboarding for Kids software and text

q           UltraKey Keyboarding Tutorial Software

q           Other Curriculum and/or Software used:

 

 

 

 

Please provide any additional information you feel is needed to clarify specific situations at your school, i.e. grade level assessed, time spent each week in the computer lab, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Using the keyboarding technique criteria listed below and individual student timed writings, summarize the competency for 5th graders at your school who have participated in keyboarding instruction and record the statistics in the following chart. 

 

Mastery (M) The student knows the keys and keys correctly by touch.
Near Mastery (N) With more practice, the student will key correctly by touch.
Partial Mastery (P) The student looks at the keys most of the time.
Minimal Mastery (L) The student depends on looking at the keys all the time.

 

Words-a-Minute

(Record the best timing for each student based on no more than 3 errors
per minute and speed)

Technique Mastery Level

TOTALS

Mastery

(M)

Near

Mastery

(N)

Partial Mastery

(P)

Minimal Mastery

(L)

Slower than 15 wam

 

 

 

 

 

15 - 19 wam

 

 

 

 

 

20-24 wam

 

 

 

 

 

25-32 wam

 

 

 

 

 

33-40 wam

 

 

 

 

 

41-50 wam

 

 

 

 

 

Faster than 50 wam

 

 

 

 

 

More than 3 errors

 

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summarized by ______________________________________   Date ____________________

 

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For further information, contact:     

Janet Goble
K-12 Keyboarding Specialist
Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South, PO Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
Phone:  (801) 538-7858 Fax:  (801) 538-7891

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