EFFECT OF PROOFREADING AND EDITING SKILLS ON STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN TYPEWRITING

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1996-10
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Cecilia, Olushola Akindele
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The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of proofreading and editing skills on secretarial studies students' performance in typewriting. The subject of the study were 37 female and 8 male students of National Diploma (ND) II Secretarial Studies Students from Yaba College of Technology. The study used the experimental design, one group was used as experimental group and the other as control group. A pre-test was given both groups, treatment applied only to the experimental group and a post-test was again given both groups. The duration of the experiment was six weeks, made up of 48 contact hours. The instruments used for collecting data consisted of three typewriting tests given to the students at specified intervals. These were graded and analyzed by the use of the t-test statistical method to either retain or reject the null hypotheses formulated. The hypotheses were both rejected at 0.05 level of significance. The study recommended that (i) typewriting teachers must ensure that students acguire the skills of proofreading and editing; (ii) teaching successful typewriting could be enriched and made more interesting by the use of various methods, for example, using the Mailable Papers an Hour and the Absolute Error Limit models; (iii) students should be vi encouraged to have pride in their work by forming the habit of producing as near perfect a work as possible. This study brought out some implications for classroom instruction. These are two fold: teacher factor and student factor. Teachers could use the various methods outlined in Chapter 5.6 to impart knowledge leading to the acquisition of proofreading and editing skills by the students. Students, on the other hand, could be encouraged to acquire and to reflect these skills in their work as secretaries once they believe that the acquisition of these skills would help them keep their positions in the business world.
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A Thesis submitted to the Post-Graduate School Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION in BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA OCTOBER 1996
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EFFECT,, PROOFREADING,, EDITING,, SKILLS,, STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE,, TYPEWRITING.
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