ERIC Number: EJ1435296
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences of the Digital Native Assessment Scale across Chinese Mainland, Macau, and Taiwan: An Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Timothy Teo; Fang Huang; Jinbo He
Interactive Learning Environments, v32 n5 p2064-2076 2024
Given the lack of cultural consideration of studies on digital natives, this study reports on a large-scale validation of the Digital Native Assessment Scale (DNAS) among university students from three regions of Greater China: Chinese mainland, Macau, and Taiwan, to examine measurement invariance and latent mean differences in the four constructs of the DNAS, grew up with technology, comfortable with multitasking, reliant on graphics for communication, and thrive on instant gratifications and rewards. The results from 5198 participants revealed the DNAS has a stable factorial structure and is valid in measuring students' digital nativity. The DNAS achieved a strong/scalar measurement invariance among students from the three regions in each of the four factors. Latent mean difference tests suggested that Macau students had significantly higher levels on all four constructs than those from the mainland, with small to medium effects; and the latent means of Taiwanese students were significantly higher than those of mainland students in three constructs (i.e. Tech, Multi, and Graphics), with small to large effects. Discussions of the findings were provided by taking into account the historical, economic, and cultural backgrounds of the three regions.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Digital Literacy, Structural Equation Models, College Students, Test Validity, Cultural Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Taiwan; Macau
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