Naslov
Relation between student academic performance and their position in a social network

Autori
Divjak, Blaženka ; Peharda, Petra

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Central european conference on information and intelligent systems : CECIIS : conference proceedings / - , 2010, 65-71

Skup
Central european conference on information and intelligent systems

Mjesto i datum
Varaždin, Hrvatska, 23.09.2010. - 25.09.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
social network analysis; academic performance; teamwork

Sažetak
The main research problem of this paper is to find out if students' academic performance influences their position in different students' social networks. Further, there is a need to identify other predictors of this position. In the process of problem solving we use the Social Network Analysis (SNA) that is based on the data we collected from the students at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb. There are two data samples: in the basic sample N=27 and in the extended sample N=52. We collected data on social-demographic position, academic performance, learning and motivation styles, student status (full-time/part-time), attitudes towards individual and teamwork as well as informal cooperation. Afterwards three different networks (exchange of learning materials, teamwork and informal communication) were constructed. These networks were analyzed with different metrics: betweenness, closeness and degree centrality. The main result is, firstly, that the position in a social network cannot be forecast by academic success and, secondly, that part-time students tend to form separate qroups that are poorly connected with full-time students.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika

Napomena
Međunarodna recenzija, znanstveni rad

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