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Levels and Variables | 2009 Coefficient(t) | 2012 Coefficient(t) | 2015 Coefficient(t) | 2018 Coefficient(t) |
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Fixed effects | ||||
Intercepts | 465.32***(70.08) | 472.47***(84.46) | 459.50***(84.11) | 444.50***(70.11) |
Country Level | ||||
GDP Per Capita [country mean] | 1.18 ns(1.37) | 10.98*(2.48) | 3.51 ns(0.79) | 0.05 ns(0.10) |
School Level | ||||
Economic, social, and cultural status (school mean) [CMC] | 71.98***(77.38) | 67.81***(82.47) | 66.80***(83.14) | 68.60***(88.07) |
School type (public) [dummy] | 6.91***(4.92) | 8.48***(6.70) | 11.49***(9.56) | 14.04***(11.74) |
Creative extra-curricular activities [GMC] | 6.01***(11.36) | 4.84***(10.97) | 3.76***(8.25) | 4.49***(10.87) |
Shortage of educational staff [CMC] | − 2.04**(-3.62) | − 2.36***(− 5.00) | − 0.95*(− 2.05) | − 0.32 ns(− 0.72) |
Quality of educational resources [CMC] | 1.40*(2.65) | 0.20 ns(0.42) | – | – |
Shortage of educational material [CMC] | – | – | 0.14 ns(0.32) | − 0.58 ns(− 1.28) |
Number of available computers per student [GMC] | − 1.02**(− 2.12) | − 0.76*(− 2.29) | − 0.51 ns (− 0.82) | − 0.13 ns(− 0.27) |
Proportion of available computers connected to Net [GMC] | 5.39***(3.65) | 0.90 ns(0.58) | − 2.45 ns(− 1.69) | 4.26***(3.29) |
Student Level | ||||
Economic, social, and cultural status [SMC] | 17.04***(90.44) | 18.16***(96.09) | 18.95***(86.15) | 17.35***(84.12) |
Gender [dummy] | 6.92***(21.95) | 9.12***(30.05) | 10.20***(28.34) | 5.94***(17.69) |
ICT Outside School | ||||
ICT available at home [GMC] | − 1.00***(− 5.23) | − 8.69***(− 49.40) | − 3.15***(− 32.47) | − 8.68***(− 45.70) |
ICT use outside of school (leisure) [GMC] | − 2.25***(− 12.41) | 1.68***(10.20) | − 0.91***(− 4.33) | 2.48***(14.28) |
ICT use outside of school (for schoolwork activities) [GMC] | − 5.69***(− 31.38) | − 1.15***(− 6.24) | − 4.91***(− 22.37) | − 5.25***(− 26.34) |
ICT as a topic in social interaction [GMC] | – | – | − 7.35***(− 33.75) | − 7.63***(− 37.39) |
Subject-related ICT use outside of lessons [GMC] | – | – | – | 1.79***(10.30) |
ICT inside school | ||||
ICT available at school [SMC] | 0.72***(4.11) | − 1.80***(− 10.53) | − 3.22***(− 16.73) | − 3.43***(− 19.08) |
Use of ICT at school in general [SMC] | − 8.36***(− 45.35) | − 8.39***(− 46.75) | − 8.33***(− 39.21) | − 9.42***(− 48.87) |
Subject-related ICT use during lessons [SMC] | – | – | – | − 1.21***(− 6.24) |
Attitude toward ICT | ||||
Self-confidence in ICT high-level tasks [GMC] | 6.44***(41.14) | – | – | – |
Attitude toward computers (ATC) [GMC] | 5.25***(33.53) | – | – | – |
ATC: Limitations of comp. as tool for school learning [GMC] | – | − 11.82***(− 78.73) | – | – |
ATC: Computer as tool for school learning [GMC] | – | 4.26***(27.24) | – | – |
Interest in ICT [GMC] | – | – | 3.72***(18.05) | 5.06***(26.60) |
Perceived ICT competence [GMC] | – | – | 2.71***(11.24) | 3.86***(17.27) |
Perceived autonomy related to ICT use [GMC] | – | – | 11.90***(50.99) | 10.20***(46.74) |
Random effects | ||||
Country-level effects % variance reduced | (1671–1561)/ 1671 = 6.6% | (1310–1103)/1310 = 15.8% | (1564–1028)/ 1564 = 34.3% | (1711–1648)/ 1711 = 3.7% |
School-level effects % variance reduced | (2774–1374)/ 2774 = 50.5% | (2621–1200)/ 2621 = 54.2% | (2242–937)/ 2242 = 58.2% | (2134–816)/ 2134 = 61.8% |
Student-level effects % variance reduced | (4665–4360)/ 4665 = 6.5% | (4412–4027)/ 4412 = 8.7% | (6255–5674)/ 6255 = 9.3% | (6188–5600)/ 6188 = 9.5% |