Table 10 Mediation test.

From: Exploring factors influencing pre-service teacher’s digital teaching competence and the mediating effects of data literacy: empirical evidence from China

Paths

Indirect effects

t-values

Direct effects

t-values

VAF

Remarks

TA to DL via TE

0.136**

2.917

0.353*

2.425

27.8%

Complementary partial mediation

TA to DL via TO

0.124NS

1.576

0.353*

2.466

0%

Without mediation

TA to DTC via TE

0.090*

2.270

0.189*

2.173

32.3%

Complementary partial mediation

TA to DTC via TO

0.023 NS

0.739

0.189*

2.173

0%

Without mediation

TA to DTC via DL

0.204*

2.107

0.189*

2.173

51.9%

Complementary partial mediation

TO to DTC via DL

0.203**

2.580

0.065NS

0.904

100.0%

Full mediation

TE to DTC via DL

0.156***

3.295

0.177**

2.598

46.8%

Complementary partial mediation

  1. TA technology attitudes, TO technology operations, TE technology ethics, DL data literacy, DTC digital teaching competence.
  2. NSp > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
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