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Publication Date: 2022-Apr
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ICT-Related Variables as Predictors of ICT Literacy beyond Intelligence and Prior Achievement
Senkbeil, Martin
Education and Information Technologies, v27 n3 p3595-3622 Apr 2022
This study examined the incremental validity of different information and communication technologies (ICT)-related person characteristics over and above intelligence and and prior achievement when predicting ICT literacy across a period of three years. Relative weights analyses were performed to determine the relative contribution of each predictor towards explaining variance in ICT literacy. We used data from German NEPS that tracks representative samples of German students across their school careers. The sample consisted of 14,436 fifteen-year-old German students who provided self-reports on several ICT-related variables: self-confidence, usage motives, breadth of usage, access, experience, usage at home and at school. Data were analyzed cross-sectionally and longitudinally with structural equation models and path analyses, respectively. Cross-sectionally, all ICT-related variables incrementally predicted ICT literacy after controlling for intelligence (explained variance: 0.4%-14.1%). Longitudinally, ICT self-confidence, ICT-related usage motives, breadth of ICT usage, ICT usage at school, and ICT experience incrementally predict ICT literacy after controlling for intelligence and prior achievement three years later (explained variance: 0.3%-8.1%). Relative weights providing estimates of relative importance of each predictor showed that intelligence (cross-sectional) and prior achievement and intelligence, respectively (longitudinal) explained the largest portion of variance in ICT literacy, followed by ICT self-confidence, and ICT usage motives as the strongest ICT-related variables. These results emphasize that ICT-related motivational constructs play an important role in the development of ICT literacy.
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Validity, Individual Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Learning Analytics, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Self Efficacy, Family Environment, Educational Environment, Access to Computers, Structural Equation Models, Student Motivation, Intelligence, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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