The development of peer networks and academic performance in learning communities in higher education

Autor: Jasperina Brouwer, Carlos A. de Matos Fernandes, Christian E.G. Steglich, Ellen P.W.A. Jansen, W.H. Adriaan Hofman, Andreas Flache
Přispěvatelé: Research and Evaluation of Educational Effectiveness, Sociology/ICS
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Learning and Instruction, 80:101603. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
ISSN: 0959-4752
Popis: In learning communities, students share their knowledge which might contribute to academic performance. This study disentangles peer selection from influence processes in modelling first-year students’ academic performance after the transition to university. Longitudinal peer network data were obtained from 95 bachelor students at two time points in a social sciences study programme with eight learning communities. Using co-evolution modelling in RSiena, we found that students help each other more often when they are already friends and students who help each other academically are more likely to become friends. The higher a student performs, the more often the student is selected as a friend or as an academic helper and the more often this higher-performing student initiates friendship and academic help relationships. Although learning communities are often implemented to enhance academic performance, we did not find evidence that peer relationships in learning communities influence academic performance. Funding: Dutch Research Council [VI.Veni.191S.010]
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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