BigKeys: What Experts Say about ABC Layout
The BigKeys computer keyboard ABC layout was chosen specifically to reinforce letter recognition by the child.
"Prereaders' letter knowledge was found to be the single best predictor of first-year reading achievement ..."
-- Bond and Dykstra (1967)
"The speed and accuracy with which young readers can recognize individual letters is a critical determinant of their reading proficiency and future growth."
-- McClelland and Rumelhart (1981)
"It is extremely important that young readers be able to recognize individual letters accurately before word recognition instruction begins."
-- M J Adams "Beginning to Read" ISBN 0-262-01112-3 (1990)
"I urge that instruction in letter recognition be begun long before children get to school."
-- M J Adams "Beginning to Read" ISBN 0-262-01112-3 (1990)
"Children's facility in naming letters has repeatedly been shown to be a powerful predictor of their reading achievement."
-- M J Adams "Beginning to Read" ISBN 0-262-01112-3 (1990)
"If working with preschool children, uppercase [vs. lowercase] letters are probably the better bet."
-- M J Adams "Beginning to Read" ISBN 0-262-01112-3 (1990)