Comfort Chinwendu Emodi, Sani Abubakar & Jamila Mu’azu Abubakar
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the influence of typewriting skills background on academic performance in word processing among office technology management students in Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, Nigeria. Guided by two research questions and two hypotheses, this study adopted a survey research design. The population was 91 ND I students of Office Technology and Management in the 2025/2026 session. The 91 students were adopted as the sample. The instrument used for data collection was Word Processing Achievement Test (WPAT). The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while t-test was used to test the stated hypotheses. The results indicated, among others, that students with distinction background in O’ level typewriting performed better in word processing. The researchers concluded that good background and pass in O’level typewriting influenced students’ performance in word processing. It was recommended, among others, that school authorities should provide enough computers to assist students that do not have background in typewriting to practice at regular intervals and even in their free time.