Icts overuse in the European educational space. Interpreting the Icts overdose on learning outcomes

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Author/s Orazio Giancola, Luca Salmieri
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/121
Language English Pages 20 P. 114-133 File size 226 KB
DOI 10.3280/SR2020-121006
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The paper is structured as follows: first, a brief survey of the literature relating to Icts and their impact on education performance is presented. The methodology is then established, and the specifications of the models are defined in order to present data analyses on the impacts of different uses of Icts on Pisa scores in Reading, Mathematics and Science for 15 European countries. The following sections outline the results of descriptive, comparative and statistical analyses and present partial correlation coefficients in order to assess the impact of Icts on educational performance. The final section provides concluding remarks and some policy implications.

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Orazio Giancola, Luca Salmieri, Icts overuse in the European educational space. Interpreting the Icts overdose on learning outcomes in "SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE " 121/2020, pp 114-133, DOI: 10.3280/SR2020-121006