The eAssessment of Key Competences and Their Relationship With Academic Performance

[EN]Even though in the current information-rich environment information skills have become a key competence within school curricula, their transversal, sometimes marginal character is maintained in basic education. This research work intends to facilitate the teachers information-rich environment in...

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Autores: Martínez Abad, Fernando, Torrijos Fincias, Patricia, Rodríguez Conde, María José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/164144
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/164144
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Academic Achievement
Assesment
Competency-Based Training
Digital Skills
Educative Technology
Information Literacy
Information Skills
Large-Scale Assessment
Secondary Education
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Sumario:[EN]Even though in the current information-rich environment information skills have become a key competence within school curricula, their transversal, sometimes marginal character is maintained in basic education. This research work intends to facilitate the teachers information-rich environment information skills have become a key competence within school curricula, their transversal, sometimence, understood mainly as the performance in language and mathematics. The sample of the study was composed of 258 secondary education students from Spain, who completed a validated questionnaire that evaluated information skills. The results show a significant positive relationship between information skills and academic performance. The authors conclude by discussing the importance of emphasizing the study of information skills as a factor associated with academic performance, aiming to foster their effective integration in formal teaching-learning processes.