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Ponte Academic Journal
May 2022, Volume 78, Issue 5

DIGITAL LITERACY IN TURKISH STUDENTS BEFORE AND DURING THE PANDEMIC: A META-ANALYSIS

Author(s): Mehmet Beyazsacli

J. Ponte - May 2022 - Volume 78 - Issue 5
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2022.5.9



Abstract:
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of digital literacy on Turkish students during and before the pandemic. Thesis and article studies completed in the period of 2017-2021 and covering the Turkish sample were examined with the Meta-Analysis method. Studies on digital literacy in the sample of Turkish university students; Analyzed using Google Scholar, EBSCOhost, YÖK Thesis and Web of Science search engines. Criterion-based sampling, which is one of the sample selection methods, was used. Measured criteria; 1. The state of giving place to the studies conducted on a Turk sampling, 2. Its including the quantitative studies of the type of screening, Its containing on the üniversty students, 4. Its being of the type of study that takes in its scope the arithmetic mean, standard deviation and sampling sizes, in accordance with the results of the analysis of data, 5. Its containing the permitted theses and articles published in the literature, 6. Its containing the cronbah alpha in the studies. Effect value was calculated using Begg and Mazumdar's Cone Chart and Rank Fit Test, Forest Chart analysis and Hedges' g. Random effects model was used in the analysis. The overall effect size of digital literacy by gender was found to be low and in favor of women. Impact size; were found at low level compared to the sub-dimensions. The results of the study were discussed within the scope of the literature. The effect size values classified according to the levels are as follows: insignificant (g<0.15), low (0.14<g<0.40), moderate (0.39<g<0.75), high (0.74<g<1.10), very high (1.9<g<1.45) and appropriate (g>1.44).
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