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Table 2 Distance Learning organisation by School

From: Distance learning in Italian primary and middle school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey

 

Primary school

Middle school

Total

OR

CI 95%

p-value

Instruments (flag)

 Computer

130 (11.5)

70 (15.6)

200 (12.6)

0.70

(0.51–0.96)

0.0275

 PC

727 (64.2)

320 (71.1)

1.047 (66.1)

0.73

(0.57–0.92)

0.0084

 Smartphone/Tablet

666 (58.8)

277 (61.6)

943 (59.6)

0.89

(0.71–1.11)

0.3105

 Books

800 (70.6)

280 (62.2)

1.080 (68.2)

1.46

(1.16–1.83)

0.0012

Missing

15

3

18

   

Difficulties with technologies

 Not used

17 (1.5)

7 (1.6)

24 (1.5)

0.90

(0.37–2.18)

0.0579

 Some

184 (16.3)

95 (21.4)

279 (17.7)

0.71

(0.54–0.94)

 

 None

927 (82.2)

342 (77.0)

1.269 (80.7)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

Missing

20

9

29

   

Frequency of PC use

 Low

112 (10.2)

17 (3.8)

129 (8.3)

3.48

(2.06–5.90)

< 0.0001

 Moderate

355 (32.3)

95 (21.3)

450 (29.1)

1.97

(1.52–2.57)

 

 Often

632 (57.5)

334 (74.9)

966 (62.5)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

Missing

12

3

15

   

Type of tools (flag)

 Edmodo, Google Suits for Education

678 (59.8)

265 (58.8)

943 (59.5)

1.04

(0.84–1.30)

0.7062

 WhatsApp/FaceTime

458 (40.4)

219 (48.6)

677 (42.7)

0.72

(0.58–0.89)

0.0030

 Zoom, Skype

273 (24.1)

90 (20.0)

363 (22.9)

1.27

(0.97–1.66)

0.0783

 Electronic register

628 (55.4)

331 (73.4)

959 (60.5)

0.45

(0.35–0.57)

< 0.0001

 YouTube

427 (37.7)

133 (29.5)

560 (35.3)

1.44

(1.14–1.83)

0.0022

 None

496 (43.7)

260 (57.6)

756 (47.7)

0.57

(0.46–0.71)

< 0.0001

Missing

      

Frequency of web tools use

 Low

199 (28.6)

38 (10.2)

237 (22.1)

3.58

(2.45–5.23)

< 0.0001

 Moderate

287 (41.2)

97 (26.0)

384 (35.9)

2.02

(1.53–2.67)

 

 Often

401 (57.5)

274 (73.5)

675 (63.1)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

Missing

9

2

11

   

Teaching modalities (flag)

 Homework

1.044 (91.0)

416 (92.4)

1.460 (91.4)

0.83

(0.55–1.24)

0.3605

 Film/ Documentaries

718 (62.6)

287 (63.8)

1.005 (62.9)

0.95

(0.76–1.19)

0.6606

 School Material

686 (59.8)

263 (58.4)

949 (59.4)

1.06

(0.85–1.32)

0.6176

 Video-lessons

936 (81.6)

414 (92.0)

1.350 (84.5)

0.39

(0.27–0.56)

< 0.0001

 Books

663 (57.8)

327 (72.7)

990 (62.0)

0.52

(0.41–0.65)

< 0.0001

Missing

1

3

4

   

Distance learning organisation

 Yes

766 (71.3)

335 (77.9)

1.101 (73.2)

1.00

(Ref.)

0.0092

 No

308 (28.7)

95 (22.1)

403 (26.8)

1.42

(1.09–1.85)

 

Missing

74

23

97

   

Stable routine

 Yes

271 (24.7)

149 (34.2)

420 (27.4)

1.00

(Ref.)

0.0002

 No

826 (75.3)

287 (65.8)

1.113 (72.6)

1.50

(1.24–2.01)

 

Missing

51

17

68

   

Child effort

 Yes

899 (81.7)

352 (80.0)

1.251 (81.2)

1.00

(Ref.)

0.4329

 No

201 (18.3)

88 (20.0)

289 (18.8)

0.89

(0.68–1.18)

 

Missing

48

13

61

   

Teachers reachability

 Yes

786 (72.6)

256 (59.4)

1.042 (68.9)

1.00

(Ref.)

< 0.0001

 No

296 (27.4)

175 (40.6)

471 (31.1)

0.55

(0.44–0.70)

 

Missing

66

22

88

   

Assessment

 Yes

993 (88.5)

432 (95.6)

1.425 (90.5)

1.00

(Ref.)

< 0.0001

 No

129 (11.5)

20 (4.4)

149 (9.5)

2.81

(1.73–4.55)

 

Missing

26

1

27

   

Homework revision

 Teachers

846 (75.1)

321 (72.3)

1.167 (74.3)

1.00

(Ref.)

0.0449

 Self-revision

65 (5.8)

17 (3.8)

82 (5.2)

1.45

(0.84–2.51)

 

 Both

215 (19.1)

106 (23.9)

321 (20.4)

0.77

(0.59–1.00)

 

Missing

22

9

31

   

Grades attribution

 Yes

517 (46.9)

343 (80.0)

860 (56.2)

1.00

(Ref.)

< 0.0001

 No

585 (53.1)

86 (20.0)

671 (43.8)

4.51

(3.46–5.88)

 

Missing

46

24

70

   

Planned assessment

 Yes

558 (59.3)

327 (77.7)

885 (65.0)

1.00

(Ref.)

< 0.0001

 No

383 (40.7)

94 (22.3)

477 (35.0)

2.39

(1.83–3.11)

 

Missing

52

11

63

   

Grades variability

 Higher

62 (12.5)

53 (16.2)

115 (14.0)

0.68

(0.46–1.02)

0.0037

 Same

398 (80.4)

232 (70.9)

630 (76.6)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

 Lower

35 (7.1)

42 (12.8)

77 (9.4)

0.49

(0.30–0.78)

 

Missing

22

16

38