Preparing for Life in a Digital Age : : The IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study International Report.

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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.
Ã2014.
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (299 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Executive Summary
  • About the study
  • Data
  • Computer and information literacy
  • The construct
  • Assessing computer and information literacy
  • The computer and information literacy scale
  • Variations in student achievement on the CIL scale
  • Variations across countries
  • Factors associated with variations in CIL
  • Student use of ICT
  • Computer use outside school
  • Use of ICT for school work
  • Teacher and school use of ICT
  • Teacher use of ICT
  • School-based ICT provision and use
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Background
  • Research questions
  • Participating countries, population, and sample design
  • Population definitions
  • Sample design
  • The ICILS assessment framework
  • The computer and information literacy framework
  • The ICILS contextual framework
  • The wider community level
  • The national (system) level
  • School/classroom level
  • Home level
  • Individual level
  • Data collection and ICILS instruments
  • Report context and scope
  • Chapter 2: The Contexts for Education onComputer and Information Literacy
  • Introduction
  • Collecting data on contexts for CIL education
  • Characteristics of the education systems in participatingICILS countries
  • Infrastructure and resources for education in CIL
  • Approaches to CIL education in ICILS countries
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: Students' Computer and InformationLiteracy
  • Assessing CIL
  • The CIL described achievement scale
  • Example ICILS test items
  • The five discrete task items
  • Example ICILS large-task item
  • Comparison of CIL across countries
  • Distribution of student achievement scores
  • CIL relative to the ICT Development Index and national student-computer ratios
  • Pair-wise comparisons of CIL
  • Achievement across countries with respect to proficiency levels.
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: The Influence of Students' Personaland Home Background on Computerand Information Literacy
  • Gender and CIL
  • Home background indicators and CIL
  • Educational aspirations
  • Socioeconomic background
  • Immigrant status and language use
  • Home ICT resources
  • Influence of combined home background variables on CIL
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Students' Use of and Engagementwith ICT at Home and School
  • Introduction
  • ICT at home and school
  • Familiarity with computers
  • Experience with using computers
  • Frequency of computer use
  • Student use of computers outside school
  • Computer-based applications used outside school
  • Internet use for communication and exchange of information
  • Computer use for recreation
  • Computer use for and at school
  • School-related use of computers
  • Extent of use for particular school-related purposes
  • Use of computers in subject areas
  • Learning about computer and information literacy at school
  • Student perceptions of ICT
  • ICT self-efficacy
  • Student interest and enjoyment in using computers and computing
  • Associations between perceptions and achievement
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: School Environments for Teaching andLearning Computer and InformationLiteracy
  • Introduction
  • Schools' access to ICT resources
  • School policies and practices for using ICT
  • Perceptions of school ICT learning environments
  • Teachers' professional development in using ICT forpedagogical purposes
  • School perspectives
  • Teacher perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: Teaching with and about Informationand Communication Technologies
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Teachers' familiarity with ICT
  • Experience with and use of computers
  • Teachers' views about ICT
  • Benefits of ICT in school education
  • Confidence in using ICT
  • Associations between ICT use and teachers' views.
  • Teaching with and about ICT
  • Prevalence of ICT use
  • Developing computer and information literacy
  • Factors associated with emphasis on developing CIL
  • The ICT tools teachers were using
  • Types of tools
  • Use in learning activities
  • Use in teaching practices
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: Investigating Variations in Computerand Information Literacy
  • A model for explaining variation in CIL
  • Influences on variation in CIL
  • Student-level influences
  • School-level influences
  • Student-level and school-level background influences
  • Summary of influences on CIL
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: Conclusions and Discussion
  • ICILS guiding questions
  • Student proficiency in using computers
  • The computer and information literacy (CIL) scale
  • Student achievement on the CIL scale
  • Students' computer use and CIL
  • Computer use outside school
  • Use of ICT for school work
  • Students' perceptions of ICT
  • Teacher, school, and education system characteristicsrelevant to CIL
  • General approaches to CIL education
  • Teachers and CIL
  • Schools and CIL
  • Results from the multivariate analyses
  • Reflections on policy and practice
  • Future directions for research
  • Appendices
  • APPENDIX A: Samples and participation rates
  • APPENDIX B: Percentage correct by country for example large taskscoring criteria
  • APPENDIX C: Percentiles and standard deviations for computer andinformation literacy
  • APPENDIX D: The scaling of ICILS questionnaire items
  • APPENDIX E: Item-by-score maps
  • APPENDIX F: Effects of indicators of missing school and teacher data
  • APPENDIX G: Organizations and individuals involved in ICILS
  • International study center
  • Staff at ACER
  • International Association for the Evaluation of EducationalAchievement (IEA)
  • Staff at the IEA Secretariat
  • Staff at the IEA Data Processing and Research Center (DPC)
  • SoNET Systems.
  • Staff at SoNET Systems
  • ICILS Project Advisory Committee (PAC
  • PAC members
  • ICILS sampling referee
  • National research coordinators
  • Australia
  • Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Hong Kong SAR
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Russian Federation
  • Slovak Republic
  • Slovenia
  • Switzerland
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • References.