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Sociometric popularity in a school context

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  • Vera Titkova

    (Sociology of Education and Science Lab, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Researcher.)

  • Valeria Ivaniushina

    (Sociology of Education and Science Lab, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Senior Researcher.)

  • Daniel Alexandrov

    (Sociology of Education and Science Lab, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Professor)

Abstract

This study investigates how the sociometric popularity of schoolchildren is related to individual academic achievements in a context of different levels of academic culture and educational aspirations in the classroom. The sample includes 5058 students in 270 classes from 98 schools in St. Petersburg. To examine class-level effects, we employ multi-level hierarchical models using HLM 7 software. Different effects for boys and girls were found, indicating that the relationship between academic performance and popularity is gender-specific. The results demonstrate that in classes with a low learning motivation individual academic achievements of boys are negatively related to their popularity, while in classes with a high academic culture the relationship is positive

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  • Vera Titkova & Valeria Ivaniushina & Daniel Alexandrov, 2013. "Sociometric popularity in a school context," HSE Working papers WP BRP 10/EDU/2013, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:10edu2013
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    1. Valeria Ivaniushina & Daniel Alexandrov, 2014. "Disentangling Peer Influence On Multiple Levels," HSE Working papers WP BRP 43/SOC/2014, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

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    Keywords

    popularity; sociometry; academic culture; motivation.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General

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