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madam-professor · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

This is one of the controversies surrounding use of word processing in schools.

A) effects of word processing on students' handwriting B) effects of word processing on quality of student compositions C) whether 10-finger keyboarding is more important in language arts than in other content areas D) how fast students' 10-finger keyboarding should be at each grade level

Question 2

Describe some of the objections teachers have to using instructional game software in the classroom.

What will be an ideal response?

aadams68 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A) effects of word processing on students' handwriting

Answer to Question 2

Answers vary and include:Games tend to convince students that they are escaping from learning, thus drawing attention away from the intrinsic value and motivation of learning. Winning the game becomes a student's primary focus and that the instructional purpose is lost in the pursuit of this goal. Students tend to confuse game rules with real-life rules.