"Choose Your Classmates, Your GPA Is at Stake!": The Association of Cross-Class Social Ties and Academic Performance

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1460-1479

  Gašević, Dragan ^a   Zouaq, Amal ^a,b   Janzen, Robert ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

learning analytics; social ties; student performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883792380     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213479362     Document Type: Article

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