Develops psychomotor skill in operating the keyboard as well as achieving acceptable speed and accuracy levels; provides for instruction in formatting of basic documents for both personal and business use; provides opportunities for students to apply keyboarding skills in real-life situations; emphasizes mastery of touch control of keyboard characters, correct key stroking; and proper manipulations of operative parts and care of the machine; develops skills through a continuous program of selective practice based on diagnosis of individual needs; provides instruction in the production of letters, manuscripts, tabulations, business communications, reports and themes, and composition at the keyboard; and also includes skill development in proofreading, spelling word division, punctuation, and correction techniques.