Asociaciones entre autoeficacia, dominio e interés en la tecnología en matemáticas en estudiantes universitarios de Colombia

Abstract

This research study aims to determine the psychometric properties of a questionnaire that measures the associations between self-efficacy, beliefs, mastery in information and communications technology (ICT), and interest in ICT in mathematics. The methodology is correlational and surveys 295 volunteer students of legal age from two universities in the city of Manizales, Caldas (Colombia). The results show adequate levels of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha> 0.7), convergent validity, discriminant validity, and concurrent validity. The scales for both self-efficacy and interest in technology show no difference by gender or semester. In spite of this, the interest levels for technology in mathematics are very low. It is concluded that self-efficacy is related to beliefs of mastery on ICT and the latter is correlated with interest in ICT in mathematics.