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Universal Screening for Prevention of Reading, Writing, and Math Disabilities in Spanish

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Changes over time in digital literacy.

Yoram Eshet-Alkalai¹, Eran Chajut

¹Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, 108 Ravutzky St., Raanana, Israel. yorames@openu.ac.il

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Digital literacy skills improve with experience, particularly technical aspects for adults. However, critical thinking skills decline, especially in younger individuals, widening age-related gaps.

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Universal Screening for Prevention of Reading, Writing, and Math Disabilities in Spanish

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Educational Technology

Background:

Follow-up study to 2002 research on digital literacy across age groups.
Investigates longitudinal changes in digital literacy over 5 years.
Compares participant changes with new, matched control groups.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine temporal changes in digital literacy skills.
To compare skill development between different age cohorts.
To identify factors influencing lifelong digital literacy evolution.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal tracking of participants from a previous study.
Assessment of digital literacy skills including photovisual, branching, information, and reproduction literacy.
Comparison of performance between initial assessment, follow-up, and matched control groups.

Main Results:

All age groups showed improvement in technical digital skills, notably adults.
Younger participants exhibited a decline in creative and critical digital literacy skills.
A closing gap in technical skills and a widening gap in critical skills were observed between age groups.

Conclusions:

Lifelong changes in digital literacy are primarily driven by technological experience, not age.
Proficiency and technical control skills improve with sustained technology use.
Critical and creative digital skills may require targeted educational interventions to counteract age-related declines.