Using Technology to Explore Social Networks and Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects in Classrooms

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-364

  Guryan, Jonathan ^a,b   Jacob, Brian ^b,c   Klopfer, Eric ^d,e   Groff, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Urban Studies and Planning ^*

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

education; peer effects; social networks; technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 42049107895     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.355     Document Type: Article

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