Title |
Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0055944 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Deanna Blansky, Christina Kavanaugh, Cara Boothroyd, Brianna Benson, Julie Gallagher, John Endress, Hiroki Sayama |
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. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 28 | 33% |
United Kingdom | 11 | 13% |
Japan | 3 | 4% |
Australia | 3 | 4% |
Canada | 3 | 4% |
Germany | 2 | 2% |
Mexico | 2 | 2% |
New Zealand | 2 | 2% |
Chile | 1 | 1% |
Other | 4 | 5% |
Unknown | 25 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 64 | 76% |
Scientists | 14 | 17% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 5% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 6 | 6% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Poland | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 92 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 21% |
Student > Master | 17 | 17% |
Researcher | 16 | 16% |
Professor | 9 | 9% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 8% |
Other | 21 | 20% |
Unknown | 10 | 10% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Social Sciences | 29 | 28% |
Computer Science | 16 | 16% |
Psychology | 11 | 11% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 8% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
Other | 20 | 19% |
Unknown | 15 | 15% |