Methods for Application Development DOs and DONTs

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Methods for Application DevelopmentDOs and
DONTs

• McLean, pages 39-47

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DOs

• DO use sufficient practice materials like that
  encountered in the real world.
• DO use material matching the difficulty
  encountered in the real world.
• DO provide guidance in the beginning stages and
  then confirmation.
• DO teach only the essentials of complex items.

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DOs

• DO drill on individual parts of an application.
• DO use distributed practice in the beginning
  stages and massed practice later.
• DO time all production work.
• DO use time scores in timing production work.
• DO move throughout the room, identifying student
  errors and providing models.

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DOs

• DO be innovative and creative in meeting
  students' needs.
• DO use class time for keyboarding.
• DO teach students how to make eye judgment
  placement and provide practice.
• DO begin correcting keystroking errors when
  placement decisions are being made reasonably
  well by a majority of the class.

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DONTs

• DON'T use an inordinate amount of printed
  practice material beyond introductory lessons.
• DON'T use material much easier than that
  encountered in the real world.
• DON'T provide guidance beyond introductory
  lessons.
• DON'T teach items in isolation (grammar,
  punctuation, capitalization rules, etc.)

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DONTs

• DON'T insist that students work on the complete
  task from the beginning.
• DON'T use distributed practice in such small
  units as to be meaningless.
• DON'T let students work slowly.
• DON'T use work scores in timing production work.
• DON'T grade every paper.

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DONTs

• DON'T be a slave to the textbook.
• DON'T waste class time talking more than
  necessary.
• DON'T require all placement to be exact.
• DON'T delay error correcting beyond the point
  where students are able to made good placement
  decisions.

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