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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Educational Technology

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  • Typing is a primary mode of language production globally.
  • Existing research on typing expertise primarily focuses on professional touch-typists.
  • Contemporary typing skills often develop through unconstrained, sustained practice rather than formal training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze typing performance distributions in a large cohort of university students.
  • To investigate the relationship between practice factors, cognitive variables, and typing proficiency.
  • To re-evaluate the traditional novice-expert model in the context of modern typing skills.

Main Methods:

  • Online platform used to measure typing performance.
  • Large cohort of 1301 university students participated.
  • Analysis followed a preregistered plan, examining performance, practice, and cognitive factors.

Main Results:

  • The standard novice-expert model may not accurately describe current young typists' performance.
  • Frequent, unconstrained use of keyboards can lead to incidental expertise.
  • Performance distributions and practice factors reveal nuanced skill development.

Conclusions:

  • Incidental learning through frequent tool use can foster high levels of expertise.
  • The distinction between novice and expert typists needs refinement for the digital age.
  • Understanding unconstrained practice is key to characterizing contemporary typing skills.