A Study on Mediating Effects of Elementary Students’ Knowledge and Information Processing Competency of the Effects of the Use of ICT on Learning Strategies and Selfdirected Learning

Knowledge and information processing competency and the use of ICT in education draws a lot of attention from educators and researchers in educational field. the purposes of the study was to explore whether elementary students’ use of ICT could enhance their knowledge and information processing competency, whether their knowledge and information processing competency could enhance learning strategy and self-directed learning, and their use of ICT could affect positively on learning strategy and self-directed learning via knowledge and information processing competency. In order to achieve the purposes, a structural equations model with the use of ICT(PCs, mobile phones including smart phones, and pads) of elementary students, knowledge and information processing competency, learning strategy, and self-directed learning. The data were 2,929 elementary students from Busan Education Longitudinal Study(BELS) collected by Busan Educational Research and Information Institute. As a results, the conclusions were 1) elementary students’ use of ICT enhances their knowledge and information processing competency, 2) knowledge and information processing competency enhances learning strategy and self-directed learning, 3) their use of ICT affect positively on learning strategy and self-directed learning via knowledge and information processing competency. Implications were provided from the conclusions.