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S. Korean students rank first in OECD's digital comprehension test
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with information from S. Korean education ministry, more details; CHANGES dateline to Seoul)
SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ranked first among the world's major economies in a test of students' digital reading comprehension, the education ministry said Wednesday.
South Korea secured 568 points, as many as 31 points ahead of the runner-up, New Zealand and Australia (both 537 points), in the 2009 Digital Reading Assessment of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Japan was placed fourth with 519 points, followed by Hong Kong, China, with 515 points.
The survey of 38,000 students aged 15 in 19 countries, including 16 OECD countries, across the world was conducted simultaneously with the OECD's 2009 Program for International Student Assessment. In South Korea, 1,488 students attending 20 middle and 137 high schools all over the country participated.
Students were asked to read questions on a computer screen and input answers. The survey also measured students' ability to access Web sites and use e-mail and electronic bulletin boards.
South Korea also ranked first in the OECD's 2009 "printed media reading assessment" whose results were announced last December, according to the ministry.
Officials attributed Korean students' high digital reading ability to their active use of computers while in class.
"Korean students are found to have excellent print media reading comprehension and their ability to solve problems using the Internet is even better," a ministry official said. "We should turn school education to well adapt to the digital era, so these strong points can be maximized."
SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ranked first among the world's major economies in a test of students' digital reading comprehension, the education ministry said Wednesday.
South Korea secured 568 points, as many as 31 points ahead of the runner-up, New Zealand and Australia (both 537 points), in the 2009 Digital Reading Assessment of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Japan was placed fourth with 519 points, followed by Hong Kong, China, with 515 points.
The survey of 38,000 students aged 15 in 19 countries, including 16 OECD countries, across the world was conducted simultaneously with the OECD's 2009 Program for International Student Assessment. In South Korea, 1,488 students attending 20 middle and 137 high schools all over the country participated.
Students were asked to read questions on a computer screen and input answers. The survey also measured students' ability to access Web sites and use e-mail and electronic bulletin boards.
South Korea also ranked first in the OECD's 2009 "printed media reading assessment" whose results were announced last December, according to the ministry.
Officials attributed Korean students' high digital reading ability to their active use of computers while in class.
"Korean students are found to have excellent print media reading comprehension and their ability to solve problems using the Internet is even better," a ministry official said. "We should turn school education to well adapt to the digital era, so these strong points can be maximized."
