The Integration of ICT in the Sustainable Educational Processes of Children’s Emotional Self-Regulation: A Study Contextualised in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Times

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear all, considerations to improve the understanding of our study:

 

Abstract:

 

1. Include information about the number of individuals involved in the study. This information is in Table 3 (Students, Teachers IED, Parents);

 

2. The objective of the study is not clear in the abstract. I suggest writing a sentence that explains this, such as: "The objective of this study was..." or "The objective of the present study was...".

 

Introduction

1. I consider that there is a good presentation of the justification for the study;

 

2. In the section entitled "Generalities and objectives of the article", the authors present their intentions. However, the writing style is not direct. Thus, it is known that there is a research objective/intention in the sentence, but it is not concise. I suggest adopting direct language and listing the objectives, for example: (1)...., (2) ...., (3) ..... Also, starting sentences with action verbs and not explanations/this makes it difficult for the reader to understand, who will only understand the real meaning of the action when they look for the results!

2.1 Please note that regarding this point (objectives), it should also be clear in the Discussion section!

 

Methods

1. This section is the strong point of the study!

 

Results and Discussion

 

1. I believe it would be interesting to "align" the presentation of the results with the objectives of the study. Due to the amount of material/results (excellent quality) presented, it is difficult to associate results with the objectives of the study. Therefore, I suggest reformulating the objectives (direct form) and also associating them during the discussion of the results. This would make the text easier to read and more understandable.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

No

Author Response

Dear Editor and Reviewers.

A cordial greeting with our best wishes.

We attach to this message the report with the corrections and adjustments made to the manuscript of our authorship. In this report, a table is presented where the required observations are identified in detail and the way in which they were integrated into the present version of the manuscript. Each and every one of the changes indicated by the editor and the evaluators were made. Likewise, a PDF file is attached, in which each one of the changes made are highlighted. We appreciate your contributions as they have contributed to obtaining a better scientific document.

Sincerely,

The authors

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The research question refers to the relationship of Whatsapp use in education in COVID19 and postcovid times and how this relationship can be used for the improvement of emotional socio-educational processes in students, by teachers. The authors clearly answer most of the questions, with some doubt that I have marked in the commentary, but in general, the study is very complete, based on relevant and pertinent theoretical review, a sufficient triangular analysis and with a viable proposal that can be useful in schools for the improvement of the objectives proposed in the study. This publication has great theoretical and practical relevance, since it offers useful and achievable tools for the improvement of education with the use of educational technology, making the learning process more sustainable in the contexts of learning ecologies.

Typos in lines 281 and 550-551 should be corrected. The sample number of families should be clarified (line 283). It should be clarified about the results of the research why it is stated that “Consequently, the importance of designing a didactic mediation proposal based on WhatsApp to contribute to children's emotional self-regulation is corroborated.” (lines 508 and 509), when previously, in Figure 8, the teacher points out to disagree with the statement “during the pandemic, students have been able to regulate their emotions of happiness, sadness, fair and anger, according to each situation that generates them” (line 470). Likewise, there is little information on the validity of the instruments, as well as on the socioeconomic level of the study sample (population), which would be important for the conclusions and future lines of action.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The writing shows a clear relationship of translation from Spanish, with the complex and compound sentences, perhaps it could be simplified.

Author Response

Dear Editor and Reviewers.

A cordial greeting with our best wishes.

We attach to this message the report with the corrections and adjustments made to the manuscript of our authorship. In this report, a table is presented where the required observations are identified in detail and the way in which they were integrated into the present version of the manuscript. Each and every one of the changes indicated by the editor and the evaluators were made. Likewise, a PDF file is attached, in which each one of the changes made are highlighted. We appreciate your contributions as they have contributed to obtaining a better scientific document.

Sincerely,

The authors

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf