1. Project 2

1.4. Training Room 2

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Project 2: Learning the Numeric Keypad

 

Training Room 2: Developing Speed and Accuracy

 

an image of a metronome

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Estimated Required Time

 

This training session will take you approximately 30 minutes.

 

How to Do It

 

The speed at which you type comes with practice—and lots of it. In this session you will learn some tips that will help you develop your touch typing speed.

 

Pacing

 

It’s good to type with a rhythm when learning how to type. Some people find that using a metronome helps keep them in rhythm. Teachers will often pace students through beginning exercises to help them establish a rhythm. If you are working alone, you can maintain a rhythm by pacing yourself. Say each letter to yourself as you strike it, keeping a definite rhythm or timing.

For example, consider the following phrase.
The lake is calm.
If you were typing this phrase, you might choose to type with the following rhythm, where you stress the first character of each set of two characters
Th  e[space]  la  ke  [space]i  s[space]  ca  lm

Rhythm helps improve accuracy.

An image of a student and a teacher talking. The student says, “When your speed increases, does the rhythm slow you down?” The teacher replies, “No, the rhythm takes its own shape as speed increases. Often, no particular rhythm is obvious when speeds become fast.”