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A Survey on Studying the Social Networks of Students

Authors:
Akrati Saxena
Pratishtha Saxena
Harita Reddy
Ralucca Gera

Keywords: Students’ Social Networks; Education; Team Work; Collaborative Learning; Adolescent Behavior

Abstract:
Do studies show that physical and online students' social networks support education? Analyzing interactions between 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.

Pages: 50 to 57

Copyright: Copyright (c) The Government of DoD, 2019. Used by permission to IARIA.

Publication date: June 30, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8351

ISBN: 978-1-61208-725-2

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from June 30, 2019 to July 4, 2019