Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing Lessons 1-120, 10th
Edition, is a
multi-component instructional program designed to give the student and the instructor
a
high degree of flexibility and a high degree of success in meeting their respective
goals.
For student and instructor convenience, the core components of this instructional
system
are available in either a kit format or a book format. Gregg College Keyboarding
Lessons
1-20, 10th Edition, is also available for the development of touch-typing
skills for use in
shorter computer keyboarding classes. The Kit Format
Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing Lessons 1-120, 10th Edition,
provides
a complete kit of materials for both courses in the keyboarding curriculum generally
offered by colleges. Each kit, which is briefly described below, contains a
softcover
textbook and a student word processing manual. Kit 1: Lessons 1-60. This kit provides the text and word processing manual
for the first
course. Since this kit is designed for the beginning student, its major objectives
are to
develop touch control of the keyboard and proper typing techniques, to build
basic speed
and accuracy, and to provide practice in applying those basic skills to the
formatting of
reports, letters, memos, tables, and other kinds of personal and business communications.
Kit 2: Lessons 61-120. This kit provides the text and word processing
manual for the
second course. This course continues developing of basic typing skills and emphasizes
the
formatting of various kinds of business correspondence, reports, tables, electronic
forms,
and desktop publishing projects from arranged, unarranged, and rough-draft sources.
The Book Format
For the convenience of those who wish to obtain the core instructional materials
in separate
volumes, Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing Lessons 1-120,
10th Edition, offers textbooks for the first course: Gregg College Keyboarding
& Document
Processing Lessons 1-60, 10th Edition, or Gregg College Keyboarding Lessons
1-20, 10th Edition. For the second course, Gregg College Document Processing
Lessons
61-120 is offered, and for the two-semester course, Gregg College Keyboarding
& Document
Processing Lessons 1-120 is available. In each instance, the content of
the textbooks
is identical to that of the corresponding textbooks in kit format. Third semester
instruction is available in Gregg College Document Processing Lessons 121-180.
Supporting Materials Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing Lessons 1-120, 10th Edition,
includes the following additional components:
Instructional Materials. Supporting materials are provided for instructor
use with
either the kits or the textbooks. The special Instructor Wraparound Edition
(IWE) offers
lesson plans and reduced-size student pages to enhance classroom instruction.
Distancelearning
tips, instructional methodology, adult learner strategies, and special needs
features
are also included in this wraparound edition. Solution keys for all of the formatting
exercises in Lessons 1-180 are contained in separate booklets used with this
program.
Finally, test booklets are available with the objective tests and alternative
document processing
tests for each part. Computer Software. PC-compatible computer software is available for the
entire
program. The computer software provides complete lesson-by-lesson instruction
for the
entire 120 lessons. Structure Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing, 10th Edition, opens
with a two-page
part opener that introduces students to the focus of the instruction. Objectives
are presented,
and opportunities within career clusters are highlighted. The unit opener familiarizes
students with the lesson content to be presented in the five lessons in the
unit.
Every lesson begins with a Warmup that should be typed as soon as students are
settled
at the keyboard. In the New Keys Section, all alphabet, number, and symbol keys
are
introduced in the first 20 lessons. Drill lines in this section provide the
practice necessary
to achieve keyboarding skills.
An easily identifiable Skillbuilding section can be found in every lesson. Each
drill
presents to the student a variety of different activities designed to improve
speed and accuracy.
Skillbuilding exercises include Technique Timings, Diagnostic Practice, Paced
Practice, Progressive Practice, MAP (Misstroke Analysis and Prescription), and
Timed
Writings, which progress from 1 to 5 minutes in length.
Many of the Skillbuilding sections also include a Pretest/Practice/Posttest
routine.
This routine is designed to build speed and accuracy skills as well as confidence.
The
Pretest helps identify speed and accuracy needs. The Practice activities consist
of a variety
of intensive enrichment drills. Finally, the Posttest measures improvement.
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