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Learning in friendship groups: developing students' conceptual understanding through social interaction.

Carl Senior¹, Chris Howard²

¹Department of Psychology (SW509b), School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University Birmingham, UK.

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Summary

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Student friendships create social learning environments for undergraduates, but students don't perceive them as learning opportunities. This challenges the idea that these groups are primarily for academic purposes.

Keywords:

collaborative learning friendships student understanding study groups

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Published on: February 25, 2011

Area of Science:

Social Sciences
Education

Background:

Student friendship groups are common in higher education.
The perceived function of these groups in academic learning is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the role of student friendship groups in the learning experiences of undergraduates.
To explore how social interactions within these groups influence conceptual understanding.

Main Methods:

A critical realist research design was employed.
Two focus groups were conducted with undergraduate students.
Data were analyzed using a case-by-case approach.

Main Results:

Friendship groups provided social contexts that facilitated conceptual understanding through discussion and real-life application.
Students did not identify their friendships as a learning experience or acknowledge their learning function.
Findings challenge the notion that student groups are primarily formed for learning.

Conclusions:

Student friendships contribute to learning in ways not consciously recognized by students.
Further research is necessary to fully understand the impact of friendships on disciplinary conceptual development.