User's Manual

K EYW ORDS SMARTA PPLET
Building Accuracy and Speed
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User Manual
Accuracy
During the accuracy portion of this activity, KeyWords will ask you to type
each of the words and then give you the words in different sequences. The
accuracy builder helps you practice your newly learned keystrokes with whole
words and phrases. It emphasizes precision, not momentum. KeyWords
presents passages of small words or letter patterns to type.
When you complete all the lines in the passage, KeyWords displays the
number of errors you made. Errors are the number of words you typed
incorrectly; even if you make more than one mistake typing a word, it counts
as only one error. Typing extra spaces between words also counts as one
error.
KeyWords compares your accuracy (number of errors) to the passing criteria
(see page 141). If you don’t meet the passing criteria, a message will tell you to
type more carefully so you make fewer mistakes, and you will not go to the
speed builder. On NEO 1, when you press the space bar, you will go back to
the screen where you can select passages. On NEO 2, you will be asked if you
want to try the Accuracy Builder again; if you want to do this, leave Y selected
and press enter.
If you meet the passing criteria, you will see a message like the one below, and
when you press the space bar, you will go on to the speed builder.