Incidence of the age of access to Information and Communications Technology and the use of the Internet in science learning

ABSTRACT:

The paper presents the results of an investigation regarding the incidence of the age of access to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the early use of the Internet in the learning of sciences by 15-year-old teenagers from Latin America and Caribbean. The data was obtained from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 database, by a descriptive method of variables and the use of logistic regression models. The results show that those who used the computer before the age of 6 had better results than those who started older. It is also noted that there is a positive and significant effect between the intensive use of ICT outside educational institutions and the learning of scientific competences.

Keywords:
Scientific competences; Latin America; Programme for International Student Assessment 2015; Intensive use of information and communications technology