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What is Digital skills divide

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on Human Development in the Digital Age
A term to further extend the definition of the digital divide to include the specific skills and knowledge bases required to be proficient with the use of technology.
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Self-Efficacy and Persistence in a Digital Writing Classroom: A Case Study of Fifth-Grade Boys
Jessica S. Mitchell (University of North Alabama, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2838-8.ch007
Abstract
Utilizing a New Literacies perspective, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the digital writing experiences of one classroom of fifth-grade boys. Research questions for this study included the following: (1) What features of the digital writing environment impact student expressions of confidence in their abilities as writers? (2) How do expressions of confidence align with performance for students who are the least persistent in digital writing tasks? (3) How do expressions of confidence align with performance for students who are the most persistent in digital writing tasks? Through an embedded analysis, eight confidence features were identified. Compared against a holistic analysis of individual focal student experiences, this chapter provides two student vignettes to illustrate the differences between high-persisting and low-persisting students in a digital writing classroom.
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Chapter 15
Inequalities of Digital Skills and How to Overcome Them
The prevailing research of the Digital divide mainly focused on a binary classification of access. Now a more refined understanding of the digital divide has appeared and several conceptualizations of how to approach digital divide research exist. One of the factors that appears to be important in all of them is the differential possession of so-called digital skills.
Published in Chapter: Inequalities of Digital Skills and How to Overcome Them; From: Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society
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