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Quantity and quality of computer use and academic achievement: Evidence from a large-scale international test program
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, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

IJEDICT Volume 9, Number 2, ISSN 1814-0556 Publisher: Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, West Indies

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This study looked at the effect of both quantity and quality of computer use on achievement. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 student survey comprising of 4,356 students (boys, n = 2,129; girls, n = 2,227) was used to predict academic achievement from quantity and quality of computer use while controlling for demographic differences. A weighted least squares hierarchical multiple regression approach was utilized. Both the quantity and quality of computer usage were found to be significant predictors of achievement. Implications were discussed.

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Cheema, J. & Zhang, B. (2013). Quantity and quality of computer use and academic achievement: Evidence from a large-scale international test program. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 9(2),. Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, West Indies. Retrieved August 12, 2024 from .

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