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High internet use is linked to lower initial accuracy in digital tasks among students, but does not affect persistence. Concerns about reduced focus due to internet usage appear unfounded based on this study.

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  • Educational Technology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Digital Literacy

Background:

  • Growing reliance on digital tasks necessitates strong cognitive abilities.
  • Concerns exist regarding the impact of high connected device usage on young people's sustained focus and accuracy in complex online tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between the frequency of internet use and 15-year-old students' accuracy in cognitively challenging digital tasks.
  • To assess if internet use affects the maintenance of accuracy during prolonged cognitive assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 153,603 students across 27 countries in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
  • Analyzed the correlation between students' self-reported internet usage frequency and their performance accuracy in reading, mathematics, and science assessments.
  • Examined accuracy decline over a 2-hour assessment period in relation to internet use patterns.

Main Results:

  • Students with very high or very low internet use exhibited lower baseline accuracy across all assessed domains compared to moderate users.
  • Internet usage frequency did not correlate with the decline in accuracy for mathematics and science tasks during the assessment.
  • High internet users showed less decline in accuracy for reading tasks over time, contrasting with moderate and low users.

Conclusions:

  • The study suggests that fears of internet use diminishing young people's persistence on cognitive tasks are not supported by the data.
  • High levels of internet engagement are associated with lower initial accuracy in digital cognitive tasks, but not necessarily with reduced sustained performance.