Abstract

The study analyzes digital skills among a sample of the high-school student population based on gender and grade, using a quantitative approach with a descriptive crosscutting design. The sample included 665 students from public schools in a Central Peru province. Information was collected through a questionnaire that we developed based on the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (2017) recommendations regarding digital skills. The survey was grouped into five areas (Information and Information Literacy, Communication and Collaboration, Creation of Digital Content, Security and Problem Solving). According to the results, student body digital skill levels had an expected level of achievement with the following results: Information and Information Literacy (70.1%), Security (61.8%), Digital Content Creation (48.4%), and Communication and Collaboration (47.4%). Digital Skills Problem Resolutions Processes predominate at 54.3% It can be concluded that digital skills levels were prevailing among more than 50% of high-school were as expected. The terms of the gender variables were (p = .012) and school grade (p = <. 00). It is recommended that teachers incorporate these skills to strengthen the learning process and that educational and political authorities implement technology infrastructure.

Keywords Digital Skills; Digital Literacy; Information and communications technology; ICT; High-School Students; Education