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From ICT Utilization to Student Learning Achievement: Mediation Effects of Digital Literacy and Problem-Solving Ability

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The impact of information and communications technology (ICT) on students’ learning achievement has attracted increasing attention from researchers and policy makers. However, we still have limited knowledge of its underlying mechanisms. This study examined the chain mediating roles of digital literacy and problem-solving ability on the relationships between ICT utilization and learning achievement. Participants included 1633 middle school students from central and southern China. Results indicated that ICT utilization had a significant positive effect on learning achievement, and digital literacy played a mediating role in the relationship between them. Further, ICT utilization affected learning achievement through the chain mediating role of digital literacy and problem-solving ability. However, our findings showed that problem-solving ability cannot mediate the relationship between them. These above findings revealed the mechanism through which ICT utilization may influence students’ learning achievement and contributed to an in-depth discussion regarding the reasons behind the relationships. Finally, we adduced practical implications for how to help students better benefit from ICT utilization for learning and proposed the future research directions.

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The paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Program of China, “A theoretical and practical study of an artificial intelligence educational framework for computational thinking in K-12” (No.: 72274076). It was also supported by the First - class Discipline Construction Project of Pedagogy (No.: 31101220301).

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    Dengkang Chen, Yi Zhang, Heng Luo, Jiajing Li & Yuru Lin

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Chen, D., Zhang, Y., Luo, H., Li, J., Lin, Y. (2023). From ICT Utilization to Student Learning Achievement: Mediation Effects of Digital Literacy and Problem-Solving Ability. In: Li, C., Cheung, S.K.S., Wang, F.L., Lu, A., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Blended Learning : Lessons Learned and Ways Forward . ICBL 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13978. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35731-2_8

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