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Tiziano Gerosa; Lucilla Losi; Marco Gui – Youth & Society, 2024
Smartphones are the principal instrument for internet access among adolescents and pre-adolescents in many industrialized countries. However, research on the long-term correlates of age at first access to these devices concerning life outcomes is scarce. This study contributes to the literature by collecting data from 3,247 Italian students in…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Age Differences, Access to Computers
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Alivernini, Fabio; Manganelli, Sara; Cavicchiolo, Elisa; Chirico, Andrea; Lucidi, Fabio – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Cognitive self-regulation is regarded as necessary for enhancing academic success and the possibility of lifelong learning. This study, based on 263,683 Italian 10th-grade students, examines the use of self-regulated cognitive strategies in immigrant and native students, as well as in boys and girls. Preliminarily, we examined the psychometric…
Descriptors: Self Management, Immigrants, Gender Differences, High School Students
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Cascella, Clelia – Educational Studies, 2020
I explored the effect of socio-economic status (SES) on mathematics achievement by gender at grades 5 in 2012 and 10 in 2017. Secondary Italian data (30,868 pupils in primary and 38,091 in secondary school) were analysed via the Rasch model to estimate students' ability in mathematics and then via a three-level regression (students nested into…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 5