Home computer access, linguistic capital, socioeconomic status, and years of computer experience are the most important factors in Chilean 10th graders' digital skills test performance¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a hierarchical linear model of national digital skills test scores, the most important factors were having access to a computer at home, linguistic capital, socioeconomic status, and years of experience using a computer. → Jara 2015

Evidence¶

Jara 2015¶

Jara, I., Claro, M., Hinostroza, J. E., San Martin Gutiérrez, E., Rodríguez, P., Cabello, T., Ibieta, A., & Labbé, C. (2015). Understanding factors related to Chilean students' digital skills: A mixed methods analysis. Computers & Education, 88, 387-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.07.016

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Statistical analysis of 10th-grade students' scores on a national standardized digital skills test used a hierarchical linear model. The authors report that "the most important factors in developing digital skills are having access to a computer at home, linguistic capital, socioeconomic status, and years of experience using a computer." No effect sizes are printed in the available text.

"The quantitative results revealed that the most important factors in developing digital skills are having access to a computer at home, linguistic capital, socioeconomic status, and years of experience using a computer."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Socioeconomic Status — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• High-scoring Chilean 10th graders focused and concentrated on school assignments online and adopted cognitive and organizational strategies when using the Internet — related
• All three social class indicators (parental education, family cultural capital, family economic capital) positively predict standardized test performance among 15-year-olds — related
• National income inequality strengthens the economically based social class test gap (family economic capital) — related