The Relationships Between Students’ ICT Use, ICT Self-Efficacy, and Curiosity: The Moderating Effect of Parental Involvement

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Abstract

Using samples from Hongkong and Macao, China, in PISA 2022, this study investigated the associations of ICT use and ICT self-efficacy with student curiosity. In addition, the moderation effects of parental involvement were explored. The findings indicate that students’ ICT use in inquiry-based learning activities (β = .018, p = .002) and in school-related activities outside the classroom (β = .117, p < .001), as well as their ICT self-efficacy (β = .148, p < .001), were significantly and positively related to their curiosity. Furthermore, parental involvement moderated these relationships. For example, parent-teacher communication enhanced the positive relationship between ICT self-efficacy and curiosity.
Keywords: curiosity, ICT use, ICT self-efficacy, parental involvement

Authors

• Jintao Qu, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

• Yuhan Xia, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

• Jitong Zhao, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics