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ERIC Number: EJ1275659
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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ICT Use at Home for School-Related Tasks: What Is the Effect on a Student's Achievement? Empirical Evidence from OECD PISA Data
Agasisti, Tommaso; Gil-Izquierdo, María; Han, Seong Won
Education Economics, v28 n6 p601-620 2020
In this paper, we have employed data from the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA, 2012 edition) on the EU-15 countries in order to investigate the effect of using ICT at home on achievement. By employing Propensity Score Matching, we provide robust evidence that in most countries there is a negative association between using computers intensely for homework and achieving lower test scores across all subjects. Such negative effect affects the achievement of both low- and high-performing students and is robust to a specification that consider unobservable self-sorting of students across schools. Our findings suggest that a more cautious approach should be taken with regards to the wide-spread use of digital innovation as a means to support students' out-of-school work.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Sweden
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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