The Impact of Digital Skills on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Performance Tests

Autor/inn/en	Pagani, Laura; Argentin, Gianluca; Gui, Marco; Stanca, Luca
Titel	The Impact of Digital Skills on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Performance Tests
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 42 (2016) 2, S.137-162 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
DOI	10.1080/03055698.2016.1148588
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Performance Based Assessment; Media Literacy; Academic Achievement; National Competency Tests; Grade 10; Information Skills; Student Records; Data Interpretation; Statistical Analysis; Individual Characteristics; Family Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Regression (Statistics); Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Leistungsermittlung; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Schulleistung; Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen; Schülerakte; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Statistische Analyse; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Italien
Abstract	Digital skills are increasingly important for labour market outcomes and social participation. Do they also matter for academic performance? This paper investigates the effects of digital literacy on educational outcomes by merging data from the Italian National Assessment in secondary schools with an original data-set on performance tests of Internet skills for tenth-grade students. Our identification strategy relies on a rich set of individual, family, school and classroom control variables that are not commonly available in previous studies. The findings indicate that, overall, Internet skills have a positive impact on academic achievement. This effect is stronger for students with low academic performance or low family background. It is also stronger for students in technical or vocational schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01