The impact of study groups and roommates on academic performance

• Autores: Tarun Jain, Mudit Kapoor
• Localización: The Review of economics and statistics, ISSN 0034-6535, Vol. 97, Nº 1, 2015, págs. 44-54
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00454
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• Resumen

  • This paper uses random assignment of students to investigate the impact of study groups and roommates on academic achievement. We find that informal social interaction with roommates has a significant positive impact on academic achievement, while study group peers have no discernible impact, a result driven by group heterogeneity in ability. We also find that lower-ability students benefit from high-ability students but not vice versa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]