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Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network

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  • Deanna Blansky
  • Christina Kavanaugh
  • Cara Boothroyd
  • Brianna Benson
  • Julie Gallagher
  • John Endress
  • Hiroki Sayama

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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.

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  • Deanna Blansky & Christina Kavanaugh & Cara Boothroyd & Brianna Benson & Julie Gallagher & John Endress & Hiroki Sayama, 2013. "Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(2), pages 1-4, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0055944
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055944
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    1. Vedran Sekara & Sune Lehmann, 2014. "The Strength of Friendship Ties in Proximity Sensor Data," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-8, July.
    2. Rodrigo Dorantes-Gilardi & Aurora A. Ramírez-Álvarez & Diana Terrazas-Santamaría, 2021. "Is there a differentiated gender effect of collaboration with supercited authors? Evidence from early-career economists," Serie documentos de trabajo del Centro de Estudios Económicos 2021-05, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos.
    3. Rodrigo Dorantes-Gilardi & Aurora A. Ramírez-Álvarez & Diana Terrazas-Santamaría, 2023. "Is there a differentiated gender effect of collaboration with super-cited authors? Evidence from junior researchers in economics," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(4), pages 2317-2336, April.

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