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Andrews, Naomi C. Z.; McDowell, Hannah; Spadafora, Natalie; Dane, Andrew V. – School Psychology, 2022
In social groups, such as school-based peer networks, youth often vie for power and dominance over others. Different strategies may be used to gain power (i.e., coercive and/or cooperative strategies), and with varying levels of success. Using a social networks approach, we examined whether and how social network centrality and social network…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Early Adolescents, Power Structure, Peer Relationship
Mamas, Christoforos; Daly, Alan J.; Struyve, Charlotte; Kaimi, Irene; Michail, George – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce a social network analysis (SNA) toolkit aiming to enable leaders, educators and researchers work together to deepen their understanding of classroom social network dynamics. In doing so, the authors provide both theoretical and practical steps in building a bridge between theory and practice and a…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Classroom Environment, Theory Practice Relationship
Karam, Fares J.; Kibler, Amanda K.; Johnson, Haley E.; Molloy Elreda, Lauren – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
This study aims at better understanding how an Iraqi refugee-background English learner (Fawzi) is positioned by his teacher and his peers, and how he positions himself as a member of a culturally and linguistically diverse American classroom. For that purpose, we adopt a mixed-methods approach to analyze qualitative field notes and interview data…
Descriptors: Refugees, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Social Networks
Rambaran, J. Ashwin; van Duijn, Marijtje A. J.; Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Veenstra, René – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
This study investigates the extent to which defending victims of bullying depends on liking and disliking and its relation with the classroom bullying norm (descriptive and popularity) in a sample of 1,272 students (50.8% boys) in 48 fifth-grade classrooms. Social network analysis with bivariate exponential random graph modelings showed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Bullying
Kim, Dongryeul – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2023
This study intended to confirm differences in peer relations between inquisitive and noninquisitive experiment class through social network analysis. In this study, inquiry science experiment classes for 30 students and noninquiry science experiment classes for different 30 students in the chapter named ‚Animals and Energy? of the second year of…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Foreign Countries
Smolinsky, Larry; Kennedy, Eugene; Huang, Liuli; Alaniz, Andrew – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2022
The objective of this exploratory study was to examine the interpersonal dynamics of an after-school math club for middle schoolers. Using social network analysis, 2 networks were identified and analyzed: (a) a network of friendship relationships and (b) a network of working relationships. The interconnections and correlations between friendship…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Youth Clubs, After School Programs, Mathematics Instruction
McCormick, Meghan P.; Cappella, Elise – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
A wide body of research has documented the relationship between social norms and individual behaviors. There is growing evidence that academic behaviors in early adolescence--when most children begin middle school--may be subject to normative influence as well. However, the structure and composition of peer relationships within middle schools have…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Social Networks, Social Behavior, Correlation
Wu, Ming-Hsuan – Urban Education, 2021
This study examines Asian students' interracial/interethnic friendships at a multiracial middle school. Friendship groups remain predominantly segregated despite the school's efforts, reflecting community and parental influences. The circulation of uncontested stereotypes such as "loud" and "brash" African Americans is based on…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Friendship, Racial Relations, Middle School Students
Comstock, Meghan; Supovitz, Jonathan; Kaul, Maya – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2021
Purpose: This study examines the relational dynamics between teachers and formal teacher leaders (TLs). We examine the association between relationship structure and leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and the extent to which LMX mediates the relationship between social network (SN) measures of dyadic relationships and TL influence.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Teacher Leadership, Correlation, Teacher Attitudes
Comstock, Meghan; Supovitz, Jonathan; Kaul, Maya – Grantee Submission, 2021
Purpose: This study examines the relational dynamics between teachers and formal teacher leaders (TLs). We examine the association between relationship structure and leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and the extent to which LMX mediates the relationship between social network (SN) measures of dyadic relationships and TL influence.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Teacher Leadership, Correlation, Teacher Attitudes
Pecjak, Sonja; Pirc, Tina; Podlesek, Anja; Peklaj, Cirila – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning and social isolation have dramatically changed the social and learning experiences of adolescents. Given that social isolation can adversely affect students' psychosocial well-being, our study examined the extent to which ICT competences, resilience, and individual types of contact with teachers and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
Kibler, Amanda K.; Molloy Elreda, Lauren; Hemmler, Vonna L.; Arbeit, Miriam R.; Beeson, Rebecca; Johnson, Haley E. – American Educational Research Journal, 2019
Adolescents' peer networks tend to segregate by relative language proficiency, but students from all linguistic backgrounds benefit academically from classroom peer relationships both within and across English learner (EL) and non-EL classified groups. We drew upon social network analysis of student survey data in 46 English and math middle school…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Peer Relationship, English Language Learners, English Instruction
Shin, Suhkyung; Brush, Thomas A.; Glazewski, Krista D. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
The purpose of this study was to identify types and patterns of peer scaffolding that occur during inquiry-based learning (IBL) group activities. It employed a single instrumental case approach that integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses of data gathered from 21 students in a ninth grade biology course. A verbal analysis, a content…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Peer Relationship, Technology Integration, Social Networks
Case, Anny F. – Middle Grades Review, 2021
In addition to the typical ups and downs of middle school (MS), many English language learners (ELLs) in the middle grades also grapple with learning English, straddling multiple cultures, and adapting to the realities of immigration. While school systems tend to focus on linguistic and academic development, MS ELLs exercise agency, creativity,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Gremmen, Mariola Claudia; Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Steglich, Christian; Veenstra, René – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study concerns peer selection and influence dynamics in early adolescents' friendships regarding academic achievement. Using longitudinal social network analysis (RSiena), both selection and influence processes were investigated for students' average grades and their cluster-specific grades (i.e., language, exact, and social cluster). Data…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Friendship, Early Adolescents, Grades (Scholastic)