Wakefield: Increasing Pupils Typing Speeds

The results of a pilot concerning increased typing speeds using "Keyboard Crazy" in association with Wakefield LEA. A number of schools were invited to trial the game and a small sample of the results are displayed. Full evaluation results are available from our Office. Each child taking part in the trial was given a passage to input into the computer before being introduced to Keyboard Crazy.

School A	Time at Start	After 8 Plays
Pupil 1	27 min 51	16 min 22
Pupil 2	18 min 33	14 min 42
Pupil 3	11 min 59	7 min 32
Pupil 4	15 min 16	10 min 10
School C (Year 3)	Time at Start	After 8 Plays
Pupil 1	2 min 27	1 min 36
Pupil 2	5 min 10	3 min 16
Pupil 3	2 min 48	1 min 42
Pupil 4	1 min 5	53 seconds
School C (Year 4)	Time at Start	After 8 Plays
Pupil 1	2 min 15	1 min 36
Pupil 2	34 seconds	25 seconds
Pupil 3	55 seconds	38 seconds
Pupil 4	2 min 44	1 min 47
School B (Year 6)	Time at Start	After 8 Plays
Pupil 1	229 seconds	120 seconds
Pupil 2	90 seconds	60 seconds
Pupil 3	97 seconds	45 seconds
Pupil 4	37 seconds	30 seconds