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Students’ outside school ICT use and academic performance: Evidence from multiple PISA waves
Citation
Xiong, F., Nie, Y., Bai, B., & Lee, A. N. (2025). Students’ outside school ICT use and academic performance: Evidence from multiple PISA waves. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2025.2487276
Abstract
Using large-scale data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2022, this study explored the relations between outside school ICT use for different purposes and academic performance in reading, mathematics, and science in Hong Kong and Singapore. Three key findings were identified: (1) ICT use for entertainment and academic performance consistently showed inverted U-shaped relations across PISA waves, with the turning point gradually shifting rightward over time; (2) ICT use for learning and academic performance evolved from predominantly linear or near-linear relations in 2012 to inverted U-shaped curves in subsequent waves; (3) Singapore exhibited progressively flatter inverted U-curves in the relations between ICT use for learning and academic performance, while Hong Kong demonstrated slightly steeper curves over time.
Date Issued
2025
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
Journal of Research on Technology in Education
Project
RS 2/31 NYY
Funding Agency
National Institute of Education, Singapore