scholarly journals ICT Use at home for school-related tasks: what is the effect on a student’s achievement? Empirical evidence from OECD PISA data

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-620
Author(s):  
Tommaso Agasisti ◽  
María Gil-Izquierdo ◽  
Seong Won Han
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Oecd Pisa ◽  
Pisa Data ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Is using ICT at home good or bad for learning? A cross-country comparison of the impact of home use of ICT for entertainment and learning on PISA 2015 Science test results

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Hatos
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Science Test ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

There is much contradiction in the results of recent research results concerning the impact of ICT home use by students on learning. Despite the availability of the large body of data from the PISA 2015 survey in which respondents from 47 countries answered the ICT use modules, the research results are still far from conclusive either. Consequently, the purpose of the present research is to explore the cross-country variation of the impact of ICT use at home for entertainment and for learning on the Science test results obtained by students in PISA 2015. More specifically, linear regression models of PISA 2015 Science test results at country-level will be ran, then the variations in betas of the regression models for the 47 countries will be statistically investigated including correlations with other presumably important country-level descriptors. The main conclusions are that is erroneous to expect for positive or negative general effects, as most probably they depend on country-level features, and that the impact of home use, for learning and for entertainment respectively, of ICT are in a kind of homeopathic negative cross-country relationship.

scholarly journals Are hedonia and eudaimonia higher on vacation than at home? Initial empirical evidence and a toolbox for future research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Csilla Demeter ◽  
Sarah MacInnes ◽  
Sara Dolnicar
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Item ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Motivation Orientation ◽  
Home Context ◽  
State Motivation ◽  
At Home

Vacations are assumed to be characterised by enjoyment. More specifically, the level of enjoyment on vacation is assumed to be substantially higher than that of a normal day at home. Yet, this assumption has never been empirically tested. This study provides initial empirical evidence for the fact that all enjoyment-related constructs at the core of positive psychology (hedonic trait and state motivation/orientation and experience, and eudaimonic trait and state motivation/orientation and experience) are significantly higher on vacation than in the normal, everyday home context. To arrive at these empirical findings, the study also introduces to tourism research a conceptual framework that unambiguously defines the most commonly used eudaimonic and hedonic constructs and develops and empirically assesses appropriate single-item measures.

SME Adoption and Use of ICT for Networked Trading Purposes

2011 ◽  
pp. 149-168
Author(s):  
Fintan Clear ◽  
Adrian Woods ◽  
Keith Dickson
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Multiple Variables

Based on empirical evidence gained by a telephone survey of 375 SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), this chapter uses logistical regressions as a means of identifying the potential for relationships between three variables - industry sector, firm size (as measured by employment), and age of firm - as they influence ICT ownership, ICT use and ICT benefits. Such inter-relationships can then be used to identify networked trading practice and proclivity. Data was gathered for firms on the basis of four industrial sectors (‘Media’, ‘Logistics’, ‘Internet Services’ and ‘Food Processing’) in a region encompassing West London and adjacent counties. Logistical regressions on the sample data suggest that possession, application and the benefits derived from ICT can be explained on the basis of single and multiple variables or as the result of none, and are individuated as either ‘just sector’, ‘just size’, ‘sector and size’, ‘sector and age’, ‘sector, size and age’ or ‘no variable’.

SME Adoption and Use of ICT for Networked Trading Purposes

2013 ◽  
pp. 774-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fintan Clear ◽  
Adrian Woods ◽  
Keith Dickson
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Multiple Variables

Based on empirical evidence gained by a telephone survey of 375 SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), this chapter uses logistical regressions as a means of identifying the potential for relationships between three variables - industry sector, firm size (as measured by employment), and age of firm - as they influence ICT ownership, ICT use and ICT benefits. Such inter-relationships can then be used to identify networked trading practice and proclivity. Data was gathered for firms on the basis of four industrial sectors (‘Media’, ‘Logistics’, ‘Internet Services’ and ‘Food Processing’) in a region encompassing West London and adjacent counties. Logistical regressions on the sample data suggest that possession, application and the benefits derived from ICT can be explained on the basis of single and multiple variables or as the result of none, and are individuated as either ‘just sector’, ‘just size’, ‘sector and size’, ‘sector and age’, ‘sector, size and age’ or ‘no variable’.

scholarly journals Effects of Nearby Nature on Urban Children´s Stress

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Silvia Collado ◽  
José A. Corraliza ◽  
Lisbeth Bethelmy
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Open Access Article ◽  
At Home

The study shows empirical evidence of the moderator effect that school and nearby nature at home has on children. A total of 172 children were interviewed and data about their stress level, the amount of nature they perceived around them and frequency of exposure to adversity, was collected. The nearby nature at home and in the school for each of the children was measured using a designed scale. The results suggest that nature bolsters children´s resilience so that those children who have more contact with nature cope better with adversity than those who do not have daily access to nature. Keywords: Nature, Children, Moderator Effect, Stress © 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals Exploring the effect of different modes of ICT use on school performance including social background

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anikó Vincze
Keyword(s):  
School Performance ◽  
Social Background ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Educational Inequalities ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Cultural Status ◽  
Pisa Data ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Nowadays the use of ICT, the Internet is indispensible in everyday life. We are supposed to go online for administration, working, entertainment and for learning as well. The different modes of use, whether for entertainment, recreation, or for learning or work, influence our position in the matrix of digital inequalities. Digital inequalities at the same time have an effect on educational inequalities. Therefore our paper focuses on the effect of ICT use for different purposes on school performance to reveal the correlation between digital inequalities and educational inequalities. Both types of inequalities are strongly influenced by social background. We intend to explain the relationship between these factors by showing the effect of ICT use on school performance when taking into consideration the socio-economic and cultural status. First we introduce the main theories and results from previous researches on the tie between on the one hand social background and academic achievement, on the other hand between social background and ICT use. Then we present the main outcomes of our analysis conducted on the Hungarian subsample of the latest PISA data from 2015. Finally conclusions are summarized and further research possibilities are suggested.

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