Technologies for the production of texts in basic education

Abstract

The objective of this article was to carry out a systematic review of empirical studies to determine how ICT use improves text production in basic education students. Scientific articles were searched in the Scopus, Scielo, Eric, Redalyc and Academyc Search Complete databases. As selection criterion, it considered the researches that present results of interventions implemented with ICT to improve text production, regardless of their gender or language, published during the period 2015-2020; articles with intervention in samples of basic education students or whose ages correspond from five to eighteen years old, and studies where their participants do not have any special educational need or were gifted. The selected articles were organized in structured tables for the purpose of this study. It stands out as a result that digital software and platforms were most commonly used for interventions that seek to improve writing. Finally, it was concluded that ICT significantly improve the writing performance of basic education students.