Marco Gui|Gianluca Argentin
Digital skills of internet natives: Different forms of digital literacy in a random sample of northern Italian high school students
University of Milano-Bicocca|University of Milano-Bicocca
article outlines main results methodological challenges largescale survey actual digital skills test covering three main dimensions digital literacy theoretical operational evaluation skills administered random sample 65 thirdyear high school classes producing data 980 students items include knowledge questions situationbased questions tasks performed online raschtype model used score results agreement literature sample performed better operational skills showing particularly poor performance regarding evaluation skills although dimension test shows reliability issues robust regression analysis investigate skills divide based ascriptive differences gender family cultural background exists among students emerges cultural background significant effect stronger operational skills gender shows definite impact theoretical knowledge