Abstract
University students establish networks that impact on their behavior. Social Network Analysis (SNA) allows us to analyze the reticular structures formed and find patterns of interaction between university students. The main objective of this study was to observe the impact of interdisciplinary collaborative work between nursing and computer engineering students on the collaboration and friendship networks, emotions and performance of the participants. It is a quasi-experimental descriptive study with pre- and post-intervention measurements. The contact networks analyzed showed an increase in density in the post-intervention period. The most central people in the network corresponded with those who considered positive emotions most in their academic environment, while the less central people coincided with those who highlighted negative emotions. Academic performance was only significantly associated in the collaboration network, between this and OutdegreeN. This study shows the impact of interdisciplinary activities on teaching methodologies and the repercussions of emotions on curricular activity.
Highlights
University students establish social relationships with significant behavioral consequences [1].Schoolrooms are suitable environments for establishing social network structures in which information is exchanged, leading to increased effectiveness in problem solving, understanding concepts or exchanging opinions [2]
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between the friendship, collaboration networks and emotions with academic performance, through a collaborative work intervention between university students of nursing and engineering
The results are divided into the following points: descriptive sample results, pre- and post-intervention network results, network position and emotions results and network position and academic performance results
Summary
Schoolrooms are suitable environments for establishing social network structures in which information is exchanged, leading to increased effectiveness in problem solving, understanding concepts or exchanging opinions [2]. In this context of network and students, the evidence suggests that the position that each student in these interaction networks is related to their academic performance [3]. Human Relations Theory stresses that the central nexus of any organization is subdivided into two parts, the human and the interactive [5] Both terms are interrelated within any organization, that is, human behavior will depend on the interconnections established between the members of a social
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