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Influence of University Groups Formation on Academic Performance

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Networks in the Global World V (NetGloW 2020)

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Present research is conducted at the management and business faculties of two universities in Tashkent (Uzbekistan): one international and one local. The data was collected from 136 participants from two faculties in the first case and 128 participants from one faculty in the second one. According to the system of studies used in the international university, each academic year student groups are mixed, and students have to build new communications and relationships with fellow group members. To analyze the influence of group changing on academic performance, we conducted social network analysis among bachelor students of the last year of studies. The results show that the biggest share of relationships (62.3%) is built during the first year at the university. Even when friends move to different groups after completion of the first year of studies, 78.2% of such friendships remain till their last year in the bachelor program. We have found positive correlation between changes in composition of social networks in classroom and academic performance: the more drastic is the change, the better students are performing in class. The performance showed by students from the local university who do not experience changes in the composition of their social networks during four years of study is lower in comparison with international university.

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    Deniza Alieva, Akmal Alikhodjaev & Otabek Abdubositov

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Alieva, D., Alikhodjaev, A., Abdubositov, O. (2021). Influence of University Groups Formation on Academic Performance. In: Antonyuk, A., Basov, N. (eds) Networks in the Global World V. NetGloW 2020. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64877-0_21

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