Spatial Structure of Peer Networks and Academic Achievement Based on a Random Control Trial Experiment

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外文摘要：This paper investigates whether changing the seating arrangement in a classroom can facilitate positive spillovers from top-performing students to others,using a field experiment conducted in a Chinese high school.Among study groups with balanced abilities,the treatment altered the spatial distribution by assigning the two top students to seats in the spatial center of each group.In the reference groups where students were allowed to choose their own seating arrangements,the lowest performing were significantly less likely to sit next to a top student than they would be under a random assignment.The results suggest that,in the treated groups,there could be enhanced academic spillovers from the top students.The treatment especially benefited the two lowest performing students in science subjects.In contrast,the treatment exerted negative effects on the test scores of the two middle-performing students,due to a disruption mechanism.The results suggest that the spatial layout of a peer network can have a significant impact on learning outcomes.

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field experimentpeer effectssocial interactionsspatial structuretest scores

作者：

Shilan Feng、Ya Tan、Zhi Wang、Qinghua Zhang

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作者单位：

School of Marxism,Peking University,China

School of International Trade and Economics,University of International Business and Economics,China

China Center for Economic Studies,Fudan University,and Shanghai Institute of International Finance and Economics,China

Guanghua School of Management,Peking University,China

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基金：

国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家社会科学基金Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics and Quantitative Finance,Ministry of Education and Peking University,China

项目编号：

72203039722730047200303620CJL030AEARCTR-0007880

出版年：

2024

中国与世界经济(英文版)

中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所

中国与世界经济(英文版)

ISSN：1671-2234

年,卷(期)：2024.32(3)

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