Are students ready for a technology-rich world? : what PISA studies tell us.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Programme for International Student Assessment.

Series:

PISA, 19963777.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer-assisted instruction.

Educational technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p. )

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ICT has profound implications for education, both because ICT can facilitate new forms of learning and because it has become important for young people to master ICT in preparation for adult life. But how extensive is access to ICT in schools and informal settings and how is it used by students? Drawing on data from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Are Students Ready for a Technology-Rich World? What PISA Studies Tell Us, examines whether access to computers for students is equitable across countries and student groups; how students use ICT and what their attitudes are towards ICT; the relationship between students’ access to and use of ICT and their performance in PISA 2003; and the implications for educational policy.

Contents:

Foreword

Chapter 1. ICT in PISA and Educational Policy

-Introduction

Drivers for Integration of Technology in Schools

PISA 2003 and How Information on ICT was Collected

Structure of the Report

Readers' Guide

Chapter 2. Students' Access to ICT

Key Points

How Universal Is Access to ICT?

ICT and Other Educational Resources at Home

ICT and Resources at School

Conclusions and Implications

Chapter 3. Students' Use of and Attitudes towards ICT

Introduction

Frequency of Use by Location

Frequency of Use by Type of Use

Attitudes towards ICT

Students' Confidence in Using ICT

Chapter 4. Students' Access to and Use of ICT and their Performance in PISA 2005

-Key Points

Equity of Access to Technology and Student Performance

Students' Use of Computers and Student Performance

Attitudes toward Computers, Confidence in Performing Tasks on a Computer and Student Performance in Mathematics

Conclusion and Implications

References

Annex A. Technical Background

Annex A1. Questionnaire Indices

Annex A2. Are Principals' Assessments of the Extent to Which Lack of Computers Hinders Instruction Comparable across Schools?

Annex A3. Standard Errors, Significance Tests and Subgroup Comparisons

Annex A4. Information and Communication Technology Questionnaire

Annex B. Data Tables

Annex B1. Data Tables for the Chapters

Annex B2. Performance Differences between Regions within Countries

Annex C. The Development of PISA: A Collaborative Effort

Notes:

At head of title: Programme for International Student Assessment.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 71).

ISBN:

1-281-74691-6

9786611746919

92-64-03609-1