TY - GEN
T1 - Students’ networks influence on academic performance
T2 - 2022 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI)
AU - Duarte, Cristiana
AU - Pinheiro, Flávio
AU - Naranjo-Zolotov, Mijail
N1 - Duarte, C., Pinheiro, F., & Naranjo-Zolotov, M. (2022). Students’ networks influence on academic performance: An exploratory study. In 2022 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI): proceedings (pp. 1-6) (CISTI 2022. 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 22-25 June 2022, Madrid, Spain) . IEEE. ISBN: 978-9-8933-3436-2. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI54924.2022.9820019
PY - 2022/6/22
Y1 - 2022/6/22
N2 - Social networks can have a significant influence on students’ academic performance. This exploratory study details a study performed at a Portuguese university to assess the role of social networks in the students’ academic performance. We used an online questionnaire to collect. From the variety of network centrality measures considered, findings suggest that students with high centrality positions within the friendship network tend to present lower academic performance, except for eigenvector centrality (i.e., being connected to students who are themselves well connected). On advice and working group networks, there was minimal evidence of the relation between key positions and grades. Although there was not an overall homophily towards grades – neither through selection nor influence mechanisms – students with lower academic achievement tended to stablish friendship ties between themselves.
AB - Social networks can have a significant influence on students’ academic performance. This exploratory study details a study performed at a Portuguese university to assess the role of social networks in the students’ academic performance. We used an online questionnaire to collect. From the variety of network centrality measures considered, findings suggest that students with high centrality positions within the friendship network tend to present lower academic performance, except for eigenvector centrality (i.e., being connected to students who are themselves well connected). On advice and working group networks, there was minimal evidence of the relation between key positions and grades. Although there was not an overall homophily towards grades – neither through selection nor influence mechanisms – students with lower academic achievement tended to stablish friendship ties between themselves.
KW - Social Network Analysis
KW - Student Academic Performance
KW - Centrality measures
KW - Selection effect
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UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000848616300019
U2 - 10.23919/CISTI54924.2022.9820019
DO - 10.23919/CISTI54924.2022.9820019
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-6654-9812-8
T3 - Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - 2022 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI)
A2 - Rocha, Alvaro
A2 - Bordel, Borja
A2 - Penalvo, Francisco Garcia
A2 - Goncalves, Ramiro
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 22 June 2022 through 25 June 2022
ER -