Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Application of social network analysis to education has revealed how social network positions of K-12 students correlate with their behavior and academic achievements. However, no study has been conducted on how their social network influences their academic progress over time. Here we investigated correlations between high school students' academic progress over one year and the social environment that surrounds them in their friendship network. We found that students whose friends' average GPA (Grade Point Average) was greater (or less) than their own had a higher tendency toward increasing (or decreasing) their academic ranking over time, indicating social contagion of academic success taking place in their social network.
Publisher Attribution
Blansky, D., Kavanaugh, C., Boothroyd, C., Benson, B., Gallagher, J., Endress, J., & Sayama, H. (2013). Spread of academic success in a high school social network. PloS one, 8(2), e55944.
Recommended Citation
Blansky, Deanna; Kavanaugh, Christina; Boothroyd, Cara; Benson, Brianna; Gallagher, Julie; Endress, John; and Sayama, Hiroki, "Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network" (2013). Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Faculty Scholarship. 4.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/systems_fac/4