The role of information and communication technologies in improving teaching and learning processes in primary and secondary schools

Figures & data

Table 1. School distribution by region.

Region	n	%
Catalonia	7	20.6
Galicia	7	20.6
Madrid	6	17.6
The Basque Country	8	23.5
Valencia	6	17.6
Total	35	100

Table 2. Geographical distribution of the schools in the sample.

Situation	n	%
Rural	6	17.1
Town	8	22.9
Urban	21	60
Total	35	100

Table 3. Ownership distribution of the schools in the sample.

Ownership	n	%
Public	24	68.5
Private partially funded	8	22.9
Private	3	8.6
Total	35	100

Table 4. Typology distribution of the schools in the sample.

Type of school	n	%
Primary	18	51.5
Secondary	5	14.3
Both	11	31.4
Rural cluster	1	2.8
Total	35	100

Table 5. Influence of ICT in developing teaching and learning processes.

Teaching and learning processes	n	Average
Knowledge acquisition	1195	3.89
Understanding improvement	1196	3.73
Application of learning	1191	3.91
Strategies of analysis	1166	3.43
Synthesis processes	1159	3.48
Evaluation processes	1180	3.58
Fixing attention	1191	4.09
Response mechanisms	1168	3.94
Evaluation strategies	1168	3.45
Organisational schemes	1160	3.55
Perception skills	1178	3.97
Expression–communication	1154	3.44
Other	58	2.90

Table 6. Correlation between school levels and the teaching and learning processes facilitated.

	Level 1 schools		Level 2 schools		Level 3 schools		Level 4 schools
Teaching and learning processes	Average	SD	Average	SD	Average	SD	Average	SD
Knowledge acquisition	3.73	0.94	4.05	0.73	3.68	0.85	3.88	0.81
Understanding improvement	3.66	0.88	3.84	0.79	3.42	0.84	3.78	0.78
Application of learning	3.91	0.90	3.96	0.68	3.74	0.70	3.94	0.83
Strategies of analysis	3.41	0.89	3.52	0.74	3.37	0.77	3.36	1.02
Synthesis processes	3.41	0.91	3.54	0.70	3.33	0.76	3.55	0.94
Evaluation processes	3.56	0.91	3.58	0.83	3.58	0.71	3.60	1.01
Fixing attention	4.04	0.84	4.08	0.83	4.09	0.80	4.14	0.86
Response mechanisms	3.48	0.92	3.84	0.76	4.05	0.43	3.73	0.92
Evaluation Strategies	3.38	0.91	3.52	0.85	3.46	0.64	3.37	0.99
Organisational schemes	3.52	0.96	3.57	0.83	3.40	0.73	3.61	1.08
Perception skills	3.95	0.85	4.05	0.74	3.95	0.64	3.89	0.87
Expression–communication	3.36	0.98	3.47	1.11	3.59	0.98	3.35	1.17

Note: SD, standard deviation.