Analysis of social network formation of students in a classroom
Abstract
We present a model that explores the organizational dynamics in a classroom where students have a fixed seating assignment. Using connection density β that dictates the level of social activity, and distance exponent γ that tunes the bias to short or long range connection, we show how the model captures network formation dynamics similar to those found in real student network. We find low to moderate level of social activity across all sections studied where β ranges from 0.14 to 0.55. In addition, we obtained γ around 0.10 to 0.75 which shows a weak dependence of link formation to distance. The results suggest that network formation is closer to a random process (γ = 0) than lattice-like interaction (γ ≥ 2) despite frequent exposure to nearest neighbors and fixed seating arrangement.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
By submitting their manuscript to the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) for consideration, the Authors warrant that their work is original, does not infringe on existing copyrights, and is not under active consideration for publication elsewhere.
Upon acceptance of their manuscript, the Authors further agree to grant SPP the non-exclusive, worldwide, and royalty-free rights to record, edit, copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, and use all or part of the manuscript for any purpose, in any media now existing or developed in the future, either individually or as part of a collection.
All other associated economic and moral rights as granted by the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines are maintained by the Authors.
