A Comparison of Information Technology Skills of Students of Hungarian Secondary Schools and Romanian Students of Humanities (Profil Uman)

Abstract

An analysis of Information Technology knowledge of Hungarian and Romanian students was made with the help of a web based Informatics Test. The goal of this research is an analysis of the Information Technology skills of Hungarian and Romanian students of Humanities attending a science course. Analysed was how effectively can students from different grades answer questions dealing with different subjects. After the evaluation of the test results the correctness of the original presumption emerged. Significance level was 5% through the analysis. Significant divergency in knowledge of Hungarian students and Romanian students of Humanities (Profil Uman) was found in 11th and 12th grades too. The Hungarian students achieved better results in the 10th grade except for spreadsheet calculation in which the Romanian students turned out to be more successful. In the 12th grade the Romanian students achieved better results at database management; the Hungarian ones reached higher scores in spreadsheet calculation. The Hungarian students performed better in theoretical knowledge and word processing in both grades. In programming, Hungarian students specialized in Informatics scored higher than Romanian students of Humanities in the 12th grade. The final conclusion can be made: Information Technology skills of students depend on the time and efforts invested by the teachers. Hungarian teachers should spend more time with the other parts of Information Technology not just with word processing and spreadsheet calculation.