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Table 2 Easier and harder items for Danish students

From: DIF as a pedagogical tool: analysis of item characteristics in ICILS to understand what students are struggling with

Easier

Harder

Aspect 1.1: Knowing about and understanding computer use

Navigate to a URL given as plain text (− 0.23)

Open a file of a specified file type (− 0.36)

Save a presentation with a new file name (− 0.23)

Switch applications to an internet browser from the taskbar (− 0.47)

Aspect 2.1: Transforming information

Excludes irrelevant information in a poster (− 0.32)

Use software to crop an image (− 0.43)

Adapt information for an audience (− 0.54)

Convert a description of directions into a visual route on a map (− 0.22)

Aspect 2.4: Using information securely and safely

Identify that an email does not originate from the purported sender (− 0.42)

Aspect 1.1: Knowing about and understanding computer use

Open a link in a new browser tab (0.35)

Aspect 1.2: Accessing and evaluating information

Select relevant images in a presentation (0.26)

Presents accurate information (0.51)

Aspect 1.3: Managing information

Use a flowchart template to design the navigational flow of a website (0.26)

Aspect 2.1: Transforming information

Create a balanced layout of a webpage page (0.22)

Aspect 2.2: Creating information

Layout images in a presentation (0.23)

Create a balanced layout of text and images for an information sheet (0.3)

Aspect 2.4: Using information securely and safely

Identify information that is risky to include on a public profile (0.63)

Identify that a link’s URL does not match the URL displayed in the link text. (0.22)

  1. Numbers in parenthesis are the DIF values