Digital Media Performance and Reading Comprehension

Tools for Modern Teaching, 2010

The information and communication technologies (ICTs) present in the Brazilian education system determine the development of technology literacy among teachers and students, which can be measured by ICT performance. The Technology Performance Scale (EDETEC) is a self-reporting psychometric instrument to verify what the students’ conceptions are about ICT and their performance in using technology tools. Considering the necessity of the acquisition of both technology literacy and reading comprehension skills to use ICT resources, this study aimed to know the ICT performance, reading comprehension achievement, and the possible relations among them. The participants were 63 Brazilian students from K10 and K11. The EDETEC and Cloze Test with options were applied by school and grade. The best ICT performance referred to the concept and productivity tools factor (F2), and the ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) statistic test identified the influence of the grade and genre in it. There was pos...

International Communication Association Pre-Conference "Communication and 'The Good Life' Around the World After Two Decades of the Digital Divide," Seattle May 22, 2014, 2014

The objective of this article is to present a proposal for the design of a new indicator named Digital Literacy Index, which intends to move the Brazilian debate focused today in the access to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to focus on ICT use and the skills associated with it. The index approach differs from metrics that assess tool dexterity, because it is built on the social use of digital resources, and its benefits to daily life.

International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 2021

The use of online interactive media in English teaching and learning has been significantly increasing since past few years. The media got more popular after distant or online learning was encouraged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergence of digital learning management systems such as Edmodo, Google Classroom, and Moddle further intensified the implementation of not only education-based platforms such as British Council and Quizziz, but also popularized non-education media such as YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter which were intentionally designed for entertainment. This research is designed to foster students’ perceptions on the use of online digital interactive media and correlate the perceptions with their reading comprehension ability. A total of 41 students from different middle and high schools, who lived in various orphanages, participated in this research. Close-ended Likert-scale questionnaire was distributed to obtain the data of students’ perceptions while reading comp...

Journal of Education Technology, 2022

In this digital era, it seems that printed book readers are starting to shift to digital book readers through electronic devices, new technology has brought great benefits and opportunities in terms of getting information more quickly and efficiently. This study aims to analyze students' reading ability and the characteristics of the media needed to facilitate students' reading activities. This study used a qualitative descriptive research design, with a sample of 100 high school students. The technique of collecting data is through a questionnaire with the instrument consisting of questions that refer to the indicators of PISA questions to find out what difficulties students face in doing the PISA test, the results of the questionnaire are then analyzed descriptively using percentages. The results showed that the overall level of students' reading ability was still relatively low, through the questionnaire it was also shown that students were very interested in developi...

Journal of Teaching and Education, 2015

IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education, 2017

Teaching and learning through digital technology is currently experiencing very rapid changes. Changes, especially in the reading system can be seen through the use of digital material with technology-based. To achieve that context, this research was carried out to test an interactive reading material for Standard Two primary school student. The experiment group was exposed to the use of interactive multimedia material, while the control group was exposed to the use of conventional material. Quasi-experimental method was used in this study to test Standard Two Student's achievement in reading comprehension. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential methods. Descriptive data are mean and standard deviation. Inferential data were analyzed using ANCOVA statistic. The result showed that there were significant difference between the use of interactive and conventional material when the pre-test is statistically controlled or covariates. The result shows the implication that interactive multimedia reading material makes student more creative and critical in reading. Therefore, it is proposed to the Ministry of Education, Malaysia to intensify the use of interactive multimedia materials in order to improve the achievement of student in reading.

World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues

Digital literacy skills are mandatory for students to master so that they can process information wisely. The purpose of this research is to determine the level of digital literacy of elementary school students. The research method used in this research is quantitative. The sample of this research is 86 elementary students in Laweyan Sub-district, Surakarta, Indonesia. The data collection technique used is a test that validated by an expert. The data analysis used in this research is descriptive statistical analysis. The result of this study shows that the students’ level of ability in digital literacy is good with the fulfillment of five indicators, namely the use of technology reaches 79.75% or students can analyze the functions of hardware and software in technology, the management of information on digital media reaches 70% or the students can search for valid data sources, social networking reaches 82.25% or students can design and participate in digital technology, online safe...

The aim of this paper is to determine relation between PISA Reading Skills and ICT use skills of Turkish students. In this study are four variables such as joy/like Reading, use of Libraries, Online Reading and Plausible value in reading which are dealt with as indications of reading skills. It constitutes six variables such as attitude towards computers, ICT internet/entertainment use, ICT for school related tasks, ICT availability at home, ICT availability at school, use of ICT at school. They are dealt with as indications of ICT use. Canonical correlation analysis is used to determine the relation between reading skills and ICT use skills. A high level significant relationship is found between 2009 PISA Reading skills and ICT use skills of Turkish students.

PrimaryEdu - Journal of Primary Education, 2021

Students at the age of primary education are faced with a challenge in using digital technology, namely (a) the ability to sort information that is suitable for use and follow; (b) addiction to digital technology and the internet; and (c) changes in behavior and character. The purpose of this study is to identify: (a) obtaining information from digital media by elementary school students; (b) the use of information from digital media by elementary school students using; (c) the challenges faced by elementary school students in obtaining information using digital media; (d) the expectations of elementary school students regarding learning using digital media. The research method used is the phenomenological research method. The results of the research, some students use digital literacy only to find information. Meanwhile, a few elementary students have carried out the learning process in the form of products from the use of digital literacy. Digital literacy can be a suitable learni...

This study aimed to profile students’ information technology use and compare the levels of reading comprehension of 1150 eight graders from the public and private schools of metropolitan cities in Turkey. The findings indicated (p < .05) that (1) the rate of students who were using computers at home to assist their learning of curricular domains is very small, even at a negligible level, (2) more than 50% of the eight graders do have an access to a computer and one out of four students have the internet connection at home, (3) although more than half of the sample has a computer at home, the utilization of word processing, paint/drawing, or spreadsheet is not common. Further, results showed that students who had an access to the Internet scored higher on reading comprehension than students who did not have such an access. Similarly, the second comparison based upon having or not having a computer at home indicated that students having a computer scored higher. The paper suggested ways of developing reading comprehension skills and using internet facilities in schools.