Preparing for Life in a Digital Age: The IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study International Report

Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Executive Summary -- About the study -- Data -- Computer and information literacy -- The construct -- Assessing computer and information literacy -- The computer and information literacy scale -- Variations in student achievement on the CIL scale -- Variations across countries -- Factors associated with variations in CIL -- Student use of ICT -- Computer use outside school -- Use of ICT for school work -- Teacher and school use of ICT -- Teacher use of ICT -- School-based ICT provision and use -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Background -- Research questions -- Participating countries, population, and sample design -- Population definitions -- Sample design -- The ICILS assessment framework -- The computer and information literacy framework -- The ICILS contextual framework -- The wider community level -- The national (system) level -- School/classroom level -- Home level -- Individual level -- Data collection and ICILS instruments -- Report context and scope -- Chapter 2: The Contexts for Education onComputer and Information Literacy -- Introduction -- Collecting data on contexts for CIL education -- Characteristics of the education systems in participatingICILS countries -- Infrastructure and resources for education in CIL -- Approaches to CIL education in ICILS countries -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Students' Computer and InformationLiteracy -- Assessing CIL -- The CIL described achievement scale -- Example ICILS test items -- The five discrete task items -- Example ICILS large-task item -- Comparison of CIL across countries -- Distribution of student achievement scores -- CIL relative to the ICT Development Index and national student-computer ratios -- Pair-wise comparisons of CIL -- Achievement across countries with respect to proficiency levels.