https://moyarzun.netlify.app/tags/elementary-education/ Recent content in elementary education on Melanie Oyarzún Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/reciprocity/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/reciprocity/ Candia, C., Oyarzún, M., Landaeta, V., Yaikin, T., Monge, C., Hidalgo, C., & Rodríguez-Sickert, C. (2022). Reciprocity heightens academic performance in elementary school students. Heliyon, 8, e11916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11916 Key question Do mutual peer relationships actually improve students' academic performance, or do high-performing students simply end up in better social networks? TL;DR We mapped peer social networks in 45 Chilean classrooms using a behavioral cooperation game on networked tablets. Students with more reciprocal relationships — where they cooperate with classmates who also cooperate back — showed higher grades the following semester.