同群压力还是同群激励?——高中合作小组的同群效应研究

Peer Over-Pressure or Peer Motivation——Study on the Peer Effect within Co-Operative Groups in High School

本文以高中班级中合作小组内部的同辈群体为研究对象,综合考虑了小组内部的座位安排和同群的心理特征,探究了小组内部在成绩上的同群效应。研究发现:在分级教学制度下,相比于以本科达线为目标的普通班,以培优为目标的重点班个体的同群效应显著为负。这主要是由于重点班成绩下游学生受到显著负向的同群效应影响,而普通班成绩上游学生的同群效应为正。优秀的同群一方面可以产生正向激励,但在激烈竞争中可能转化成同群压力。

Focusing on peers within cooperative groups in high school classes,considering their seats arrangement and their individual psychological features,we estimate peer effect reflected in cooperative groups’academic performances.We find that under the tracking system,peer effect in elite classes with outstanding peers are significantly negative,while peers in ordinary classes shows an insignificant peer effect.This is partly because the bottom students in elite classes are negatively influenced by peers,while the top students in ordinary classes are positively influenced,although the latter performed worse than the former in entrance exams.