TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of students' participation in internet or computer tutoring for additional instruction and its effect on academic achievement
AU - Zhu, Jinxin
AU - Mok, Magdalena M. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was fully supported by the grants from the Central Reserve Allocation Committee and the Faculty of Education and Human Development of The Education University of Hong Kong (Project No. 03A28) on the project titled ‘Big Data for School Improvement: Identifying and analyzing multiple sources to support schools as learning communities’.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - In recent years, it has become common to use the internet or computer tutoring with a programme or application for additional instruction (ICTPAAI), in addition to the mandatory school schedule. This study aimed to understand students' participation in ICTPAAI and its relation to academic achievement. Multilevel structural equation modelling was conducted on a sample comprising 6,425 Chinese students (Mage 15.72 years; 48.9% girls) who had various forms of additional instruction during the 2014/2015 school year. Results showed that the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to complete schoolwork, whether in school or outside of school, was positively associated with students' participation in ICTPAAI; however, students' ICT interest, ICT self-efficacy and ICT autonomy were not. Students' participation in ICTPAAI was negatively associated with their academic achievement at the end of the school year; much variance was explained at the school level. These findings suggest that students should be cautious about participating in this form of additional instruction and that schools play an important role in students' participation in ICTPAAI.
AB - In recent years, it has become common to use the internet or computer tutoring with a programme or application for additional instruction (ICTPAAI), in addition to the mandatory school schedule. This study aimed to understand students' participation in ICTPAAI and its relation to academic achievement. Multilevel structural equation modelling was conducted on a sample comprising 6,425 Chinese students (Mage 15.72 years; 48.9% girls) who had various forms of additional instruction during the 2014/2015 school year. Results showed that the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to complete schoolwork, whether in school or outside of school, was positively associated with students' participation in ICTPAAI; however, students' ICT interest, ICT self-efficacy and ICT autonomy were not. Students' participation in ICTPAAI was negatively associated with their academic achievement at the end of the school year; much variance was explained at the school level. These findings suggest that students should be cautious about participating in this form of additional instruction and that schools play an important role in students' participation in ICTPAAI.
KW - academic achievement
KW - Chinese students
KW - information and communication technology
KW - internet or computer tutor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083512598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jcal.12440
DO - 10.1111/jcal.12440
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85083512598
SN - 0266-4909
VL - 36
SP - 729
EP - 740
JO - Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
JF - Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
IS - 5
ER -