Antecedents of adolescent students’ ICT self-efficacy: The ICT dataset

Abstract

Based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 dataset, the information and communication technology (ICT) dataset focuses specifically on ICT-related constructs in the context of educational technology. It includes a wide range of student-level variables collected from 30 Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, which pertain to students’ motivational and behavioural characteristics in relation to their ICT self-efficacy. In total, it comprises 201, 652 students from 7708 schools. As technology has become an integral component of education, the ICT dataset can serve as a handy resource for studying ICT-related constructs. Besides, the ICT dataset holds advantages over the original PISA dataset for its intensive focus and easy readability. With this important resource, researchers can undertake their own research in the neighbouring fields of ICT, developing their own theories or validating existing theoretical frameworks and statements. The focus of this study is to identify the antecedents of adolescent students’ ICT self-efficacy and illuminate potential mechanisms at work.