Typing compared with handwriting for essay examinations at university: letting the students choose

• Main Authors: Nora Mogey (Author), Jessie Paterson (Author), John Burk (Author), Michael Purcell (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Association for Learning Technology, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Students at the University of Edinburgh do almost all their work on computers, but at the end of the semester they are examined by handwritten essays. Intuitively it would be appealing to allow students the choice of handwriting or typing, but this raises a concern that perhaps this might not be &am...