Understanding the digital divide: Contributing factors and their negative effects on rural students’ academic performance
Summary. Rural students face significant academic disadvantages due to limited digital technology access. The digital divide reduces classroom participation, lowers achievement, and reinforces existing educational inequalities. The paper recommends governments and school leaders invest in technological infrastructure, provide teacher training, distribute devices equitably, and build digital literacy skills to close this gap.
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Vodopivec, V.. (2025). Understanding the digital divide: Contributing factors and their negative effects on rural students’ academic performance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. https://doaj.org/article/442f42df4e344fbc8cf70ca5f21a06d7
Vodopivec, Vedrana. “Understanding the digital divide: Contributing factors and their negative effects on rural students’ academic performance.” SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 2025. https://doaj.org/article/442f42df4e344fbc8cf70ca5f21a06d7.
Vodopivec, Vedrana. 2025. “Understanding the digital divide: Contributing factors and their negative effects on rural students’ academic performance.” SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. https://doaj.org/article/442f42df4e344fbc8cf70ca5f21a06d7.
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