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Grouping strategies change classroom collaboration
What recent physics education papers show about friendship, exploration, self-selection, and collaboration in classrooms.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 30, 2026
Interconnectedness in Education Systems
Education systems are webs of interconnected students, teachers, programs, institutions, and decisions. This chapter argues that a …
Cristian Candia
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Javier Pulgar
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Flavio Pinheiro
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What network science adds to education
A short essay on why education systems should be studied as networks of students, teachers, programs, and institutions.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 29, 2026
Self-select groups increase stability but reduce collaboration in high school physics
Group configurations shape social skills and learning outcomes. This study compares random allocation with student self-selection in …
Diego Ramirez
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Eugenio J. Guzmán-Lavín
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Javier Pulgar
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Cristian Candia
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Balancing Friendship and Exploration: Grouping Strategies and Their Impact on Classroom Dynamics
This article studies how group formation strategies affect friendship, collaboration, and academic reputation networks in high school …
Javier Pulgar
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Morín Órdenes-Escobar
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Diego Ramirez
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Cristian Candia
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Quantifying student behavioral patterns and roommate peer effects [Charla Virtual]
Abstract: [ENG] Vast amounts of data are becoming increasingly available to capture social processes at large scale and in great detail. Meanwhile, the rapid development of AI and computational approaches offers powerful toolkits for analyzing various data.
Jul 12, 2024 10:00 AM
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Jian Gao
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Enhanced social connectivity in hybrid classrooms versus academic centrality in online settings
Social learning, the ability to perceive, interpret, and assess the behavior of one’s peers, is crucial for forming meaningful …
Javier Pulgar
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Diego Ramirez
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Cristian Candia
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Optimizando la Enseñanza en Física y Matemáticas: Implementando Backward Design con Herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial Generativa [Charla Presencial]
Abstract: En la enseñanza moderna, las tecnologías de Inteligencia Artificial Generativa (IAG) como ChatGPT y Wolfram Alpha están cambiando la forma en que los docentes planifican e implementan experiencias de aprendizaje.
Oct 3, 2023 11:10 AM
Auditorio 114, Patio de Aulas, UDD, Avenida la Plaza 680, Las Condes, Chile.
Alejandra Maldonado
¡Descubre la Conexión Entre la Física y las Ciencias Sociales! [Entrevista Virtual]
La Convergencia de las Ciencias Físicas y Sociales: Una Entrevista con el Dr. Cristian Candia En una entrevista reciente, Carla Hermann, Ph.D., la anfitriona del programa Let’s Get Physical, se sentó con el Dr.
Jul 30, 2023 12:00 PM
CRiSS-LAB, UDD, Las Condes, Chile.
Cristian Candia
SocialRec and educational recommender systems
SocialRec explored how social networks, campus traces, machine learning, and privacy-preserving workflows can personalize higher education support.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Reciprocity heightens academic performance in elementary school students
Social relationships are pivotal for human beings. Yet, we still lack a complete understanding of the types and conditions of social …
Cristian Candia
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Melanie Oyarzún
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Victor Landaeta
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Tamara Yaikin
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Cecilia Monge
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César Hidalgo
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Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
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Long-term collaboration with strong friendship ties improves academic performance in remote and hybrid teaching modalities in high school physics
Collaboration among students is fundamental for knowledge building and competency development. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of …
Javier Pulgar
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Diego Ramirez
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Abigail Umanzor
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Cristian Candia
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Iván Sánchez
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Disadvantaged students increase their academic performance through collective intelligence exposure in emergency remote learning due to COVID-19
This preprint analyzes 7,528 undergraduate students during emergency remote learning and studies how cooperative and consensus dynamics …
Cristian Candia
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Alejandra Maldonado
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Karla Lobos
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Fernando Peña
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Carola Bruna
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Social networks and academic performance in physics: Undergraduate cooperation enhances ill-structured problem elaboration and inhibits well-structured problem solving
For several decades, scholars have studied the role of cooperation and its outcomes in educational contexts. Yet we lack a complete …
Javier Pulgar
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Cristian Candia
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Paul M Leonardi
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Physics problems and instructional strategies for developing social networks in university classrooms
This preprint studies how physics problems and instructional strategies shape social interaction networks in university classrooms. …
Javier Pulgar
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Carlos Rios
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Cristian Candia
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