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From: zwicky@pterodactyl.cis.ohio-state.edu (Elizabeth D. Zwicky)
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Subject: Re: introducing use of a mouse
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Date: 5 Apr 88 21:26:13 GMT
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It's worth remembering that the motor skills and the concept may well
come separately. I had no problem at all figuring out what I was
supposed to do with a mouse when I was learning, but had a great deal
of difficulty making it do what I wanted it to. I have no depth
perception, which limited my learning of hand-eye coordination.  Even
once I had developed a basic ability to make the pointer go somewhere,
I had further difficulties with skills like picking up a mouse to
continue a motion while holding down the mouse button (as, for
instance, when you run out of table before you run out of pull-down
menu). Raw practice is important here, and that means a game or a
drawing program; something interesting enough to keep the attention,
without being a disaster when things go wrong. 

	Elizabeth Zwicky