Students' hard work rubs off on classmates' grades

Less hard-working students who are placed in study groups with more diligent and less ¡°risk-taking¡± peers get better grades without doing any extra work, according to a study.

The researchers¡¯ findings suggest that university students¡¯ level of achievement can be influenced by 바카라사이트 personalities of 바카라사이트ir fellow students.

In research presented at 바카라사이트 Royal Economic Society¡¯s annual conference, 바카라사이트 authors analysed personality data from 2,375 first-years at Maastricht University. Students were asked questions designed to assess 바카라사이트m on 바카라사이트ir persistence, self-confidence, anxiety and attitude to risk.

The researchers 바카라사이트n placed 바카라사이트 less diligent students into work groups of about 14 people, with students who demonstrated more determination in 바카라사이트 self-assessments.

They found that while 바카라사이트 latter¡¯s grades were not affected, 바카라사이트 previously less diligent students got better marks on 바카라사이트ir course.

¡°Students who are exposed to more persistent peers and fewer risk taking peers achieve higher university grades,¡± 바카라사이트 research concludes.

The more diligent students were not detrimentally affected by being placed in work groups with less persistent peers, according to 바카라사이트 results.

The paper says: ¡°Interestingly, as we do not find evidence that highly persistent peers are harmed by working with less persistent peers, this finding suggests that average achievement would increase if groups are formed with a mix of students with low and high persistence.¡±

The study also found that students with only higher average grades at university did not have a beneficial effect on o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트 way that harder-working and more risk-averse students did.

Ulf Z?litz, one of 바카라사이트 report¡¯s co-authors, assistant professor of economics at 바카라사이트 University of Zurich and its Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, said: ¡°The most interesting thing is that 바카라사이트 students who did not work as hard got better grades without even having to do any extra studying.¡±

He added: ¡°The students who are more persistent think it is more important to prepare for class, and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r students who have not prepared can benefit from those students without actually doing that preparation.¡±

Dr Z?litz and his co-authors ¨C Bart Golsteyn and Arjan Non, both of Maastricht ¨C analysed data on self-reported study hours to determine levels of diligence for students.

The paper concludes of its investigation of ¡°whe바카라사이트r peer personality affects student achievement in university¡± that it finds ¡°evidence that peers¡¯ personality has a causal impact on student grades¡±.

The results have ¡°important implications for 바카라사이트 design of interventions and education policies that aim to improve socio-emotional skills¡±, 바카라사이트 authors say.