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Galindo-Domínguez, Héctor; Bezanilla, María José – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
It is thought that those students who better manage their time and perceive themselves to be more effective in the tasks they perform are thought to be due, in part, to a stronger understanding and command of digital competence. This competence allows students to know and use a greater number of tools and techniques to respond to the problems that…
Descriptors: Time Management, Self Efficacy, Technological Literacy, Foreign Countries
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Yalcin, Seher – Research Papers in Education, 2022
This study aims to identify the literacy skills of individuals whose highest level of education was in the field 'teacher training and educational sciences'. The study sample comprised 10,618 individuals in the field of teacher training and educational sciences, selected from 31 countries (participating in the International Adult Skills Assessment…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Skills, Educational Attainment, Adults
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Guillén-Gámez, Francisco D.; Linde-Valenzuela, Teresa; Ramos, Marta; Mayorga-Fernandez, María J. – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2022
In the current socio-health situation, new educational challenges have emerged, such as the need to implement a virtual tutorial action. Therefore, this study has three objectives: (1) to investigate the level of digital competence that early childhood and primary school teachers possess to carry out quality online tutorial actions; (2) to analyse…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Technological Literacy, Early Childhood Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Agustin Rodriguez-Esteban; Javier Vidal; Maria-Jose Vieira – SAGE Open, 2024
Education-job mismatch is an indicator that describes the quality of an individual's occupational achievements, with socio-familial background being one of the most influential factors in attaining these achievements. In this study, we aim to identify the extent to which the educational level attained by parents influences the education-job…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Family Characteristics, Parent Background, Educational Attainment
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De la Calle, A. M.; Guzmán-Simón, F.; García-Jiménez, E.; Aguilar, M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Early literacy skills serve as the best precursors of reading success and risk indicators of the double deficit and triple deficit hypotheses according to the spelling consistency of languages. Our study analyzes the predictive value of phonological awareness, naming speed, and orthographic skills for early reading in Spanish. Participants…
Descriptors: Spanish, Reading Achievement, Emergent Literacy, Phonological Awareness
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Torrance, Mark; Arrimada, María; Gardner, Sarah – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Written composition requires handwriting, spelling, and text planning skills, all largely learned through school instruction. Students' rate of learning to compose text in their first months at school will depend, in part, on their literacy-related abilities at school start. These effects have not previously been explored. Aim: We…
Descriptors: Young Children, Grade 1, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
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Gutiérrez, Nuria; Jiménez, Juan E.; de León, Sara C.; Seoane, Rocío C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Early identification of learning difficulties is a critical component of the Response to Intervention (RtI) model. In kindergarten, the screening of foundational reading skills can provide a data-based guideline for identifying students requiring a more intensive response-based intervention before starting elementary school. This study examines…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Reading Skills, Emergent Literacy, Spanish
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Guillén-Gámez, Francisco D.; Ramos, Marta – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2021
The purposes of this study were twofold: (1) determine the level of digital competence that Spanish teachers have in the use of technological devices, Web 2.0 general tools and Web 2.0 music tools, according to the proficiency profiles established by the European Framework DigCompEdu; and (2) identify the significant predictors which affect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Music Education
Lane, Marguerita; Conlon, Gavan – OECD Publishing, 2016
Using the 2012 PIAAC data, our analysis confirms that there are significantly higher earnings and employment returns to "both" increasing levels of formally recognised education, and to increasing levels of numeracy, literacy and information and communication technologies (ICT) skills proficiencies controlling for the level of education.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Computer Literacy, Employment
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Smith, Thomas J.; Rose, Amy D.; Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.; Smith, M. Cecil – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The present study examined an international sample of adults from the Survey of Adult Skills administered by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009) to assess (1) how specific individual and country-level characteristics predict adult readiness to…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Readiness, Global Approach, Individual Characteristics
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Giménez, A.; Ortiz, A.; López-Zamora, M.; Sánchez, A.; Luque, J. L. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2017
Children from families whose members have reading impairments are found to be poorer performers, take less advantage of instruction, and require more time to reach the reading level of children whose relatives are good readers. As a family's reading history may not be available, a self-report of reading abilities is used to identify children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Reading Difficulties, Predictor Variables
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Calvo-Ferrer, José Ramón – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
Although the "digital natives" theory is still used to justify the implementation of technologies such as video games in the language classroom, whether digital nativeness (i.e. the extent to which an individual embodies the characteristics attributed to digital natives) may be used as a predictor of digital game-based learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Video Games, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Meneses, Julio; Fabregues, Sergi; Rodriguez-Gomez, David; Ion, Georgeta – Computers & Education, 2012
In recent years there has been widespread interest in the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools. While most studies primarily focus on the use of ICT in teaching and learning, little attention has been given to their incorporation as a professional tool outside the classroom. Using a digital inequality…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Galván-Fernández, Cristina; Rubio-Hurtado, María José; Martínez-Olmo, Francesc; Rodríguez-Illera, José Luis – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
The study analyzes the improvement in generic competences through e-portfolio/PLE platform and didactic planning. The new version of the platform, Digital Folder, contains utilities for students and teachers and some PLE components that help the learning process through e-portfolios. Didactic planning is compared for students from the University…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolio Assessment, Courseware, Usability
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Green, Andy; Green, Francis; Pensiero, Nicola – Comparative Education Review, 2015
This article examines cross-country variations in adult skills inequality and asks why skills in Anglophone countries are so unequal. Drawing on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's recent Survey of Adult Skills and other surveys, it investigates the differences across countries and country groups in inequality in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Comparative Education, Adult Literacy
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