A Survey on Studying the Social Networks of Students
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Authors
Saxena, Akrati
Saxena, Pratishtha
Reddy, Harita
Gera, Ralucca
Subjects
Students’ Social Networks
Education
Team Work
Collaborative Learning
Adolescent Behavior
Education
Team Work
Collaborative Learning
Adolescent Behavior
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Date of Issue
2019
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Do studies show that physical and online students’ social networks support education? Analyzing interactions be- tween students in schools and universities can provide a wealth of information. Studies on students’ social networks can help us understand their behavioral dynamics, the correlation between their friendships and academic performance, community and group formation, information diffusion, and so on. Educational goals and holistic development of students with various academic abilities and backgrounds can be achieved by incorporating the findings attained by the studies in terms of knowledge propagation in classroom and spread of delinquent behaviors. Moreover, we use Social Network Analysis (SNA) to identify isolated students, ascertain the group study culture, analyze the spreading of various habits like smoking, drinking, and so on. In this paper, we present a review of the research showing how analysis of students’ social networks can help us identify how improved educational methods can be used to make learning more inclusive at both school and university levels and achieve holistic development of students through expansion of their social networks, as well as control the spread of delinquent behaviors.
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Preprint
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Applied Mathematics
Operations Research (OR)
Information Sciences (IS)
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7 p.
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Saxena, Akrati, et al. "A Survey on Studying the Social Networks of Students.” Preprint
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.