ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine which combination of performance feedback was most effective to improve typing accuracy and speed. Participants were assigned to one of four groups: (1) no feedback group, (2) performance feedback-alone group, (3) performance feedback and goal group, or (4) performance feedback-with-praise group. In a within-subject design, following a no-feedback condition (baseline), performance feedback was either presented on participants’ accuracy only, speed only, or both accuracy and speed. The results revealed no main effects of performance feedback combination on typing speed or accuracy. However, in all feedback groups, an increase in accuracy and speed scores was observed during conditions when feedback on typing accuracy, speed, or a combination of accuracy and speed was delivered, compared to the no-feedback condition. The results of this study suggest that providing feedback on any component of a participant’s typing performance may be sufficient to improve performance over baseline levels.

摘要

本研究的目的是检验哪种性能反馈组合对提高打字准确性和速度最有效。参与者被分配到四组之一：(1) 无反馈组，(2) 仅绩效反馈组，(3) 绩效反馈和目标组，或 (4) 绩效反馈与表扬组。在受试者内设计中，遵循无反馈条件（基线），表现反馈要么仅针对参与者的准确性，要么仅针对速度，或者针对准确性和速度。结果显示，性能反馈组合对打字速度或准确性没有主要影响。然而，在所有反馈组中，在提供有关打字准确性、速度或准确性和速度组合的反馈的情况下，准确性和速度得分均有所提高，与无反馈条件相比。这项研究的结果表明，对参与者打字表现的任何组成部分提供反馈可能足以提高比基线水平的表现。