Desenvolvimento de escala para avaliar a familiaridade dos estudantes com a tecnologia

Abstract

Considering the use of digital tools in the teaching and evaluation processes, as well as their influence on them, we sought to develop in this work an indicator of familiarity with technology that aggregates in a single cumulative measure student's experiences with technology. To construct this indicator, the Item Response Theory was use in the data aggregated by one of the Pisa 2012 context questionnaires. An indicator was obtain to measure the latent trait studied after some item losses. This enabled the development of a seven-level technology familiarity scale, with approximately 12% of students positioned on two lowest levels and only 2% on the two highest levels. Among the findings, it was highlight that Denmark is the country with the highest average proficiency in familiarity with the technology; the Netherlands is the one with the most homogeneous population and Jordan the most heterogeneous. Japan, South Korea and Shanghai-China drew attention for the high percentages of students contained in the lower levels of the developed scale.