Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network

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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055944

Spread of Academic Success in a High School Social Network

Deanna Blansky, Christina Kavanaugh, Cara Boothroyd, Brianna Benson, Julie Gallagher, John Endress, Hiroki Sayama^*

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	e55944
Journal	PloS one
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055944
Publication status	Published - 2013 Feb 13
Externally published	Yes

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
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