Assessment of 21st century ICT skills in Chile: Test design and results from high school level students

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1042-1053

  Claro, Magdalena ^a   Preiss, David D ^a   San Martín, Ernesto ^a   Jara, Ignacio ^a   Hinostroza, J Enrique ^a,b   Valenzuela, Susana ^a   Cortes, Flavio ^a   Nussbaum, Miguel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

21st century skills; Computer literacy; Digital divide; Higher order thinking skills; ICT skills; Information literacy; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

21ST CENTURY SKILLS; COMPUTER LITERACY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ICT SKILLS; INFORMATION LITERACY; THINKING SKILLS;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RATING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84861852010     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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