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Digitally Prepared for Success? Technology Skills of Incoming First-Year College Students
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McCarron, Elizabeth; Frydenberg, Mark – Information Systems Education Journal, 2023
Students today are often assumed to be digitally literate and prepared for college, but that is not always the case. Introductory technology courses at the college level provide students with the technology and digital skills necessary for them to succeed in college. This study, conducted at a small New England "business school" that…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Technological Literacy, Educational Technology, Business Schools
Do Typing Skills Matter? Investigating University Students' Typing Speed and Performance in Online Exams
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Laura Sperl; Clara Marie Breier; Eric Grießbach; Stefan R. Schweinberger – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
In response to COVID-19, universities worldwide experienced drastic and sudden changes including the need to shift to online teaching and assessment. Following previous research suggesting that individual differences in typing skills could influence text quantity and quality, we investigated whether university students' typing speed is related to…
Descriptors: Office Occupations Education, College Freshmen, Skill Development, Online Courses
Are Review Skills and Academic Writing Skills Related? An Exploratory Analysis via Multi Source Feedback Tools
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Razi, Salim – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2016
Because students learn from each other as well as lecturers, it is important to create opportunities for collaboration in writing classes. Teachers now benefit from access to plagiarism detectors that can also provide feedback. This exploratory study considers the role of four review types, open and anonymous, involving the students themselves,…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Writing Skills, Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments
To Write or to Type? The Effects of Handwriting and Word-Processing on the Written Style of Examination Essays
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Mogey, Nora; Hartley, James – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2013
There is much debate about whether or not these days students should be able to word-process essay-type examinations as opposed to handwriting them, particularly when they are asked to word-process everything else. This study used word-processing software to examine the stylistic features of 13 examination essays written by hand and 24 by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Handwriting, Word Processing
The Digital Divide and First-Year Students
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Goodfellow, Marianne; Wade, Barbara – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2007
Current cross-campus computing initiatives demand both access and skill in employing technology as a tool for academic success. Consequently, lack of computer skills can affect first-year students' potential for success because many courses assume students are computer literate. In this study, 888 first-year students completed a…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Computer Literacy, Access to Computers, College Freshmen
Investigating the Quality of Student Approaches to Using Technology in Experiences of Learning through Writing
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Ellis, Robert A. – Computers and Education, 2006
This study reports on the student experience of learning through writing in an undergraduate science subject. During their writing experience, 52 first year university science students used a writing database, bulletin board and word-processor. Using quantitative questionnaires developed from student learning research, this study investigates the…
Descriptors: Student Experience, College Freshmen, Learning, Writing (Composition)