Do you prefer to collaborate with students pursuing the same goals?: A network analysis of physical education classes

Background At school, students need to learn to collaborate with others to achieve common objectives. However, we are lacking insights into how students determine preferred collaboration partners, while multiple plausible factors, such as similar goal orientations, can be derived from the literature...

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Main Authors: Schüßler, Annabell (Author) , Holler, Cornelius (Author) , Hill, Yannick (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: December 2025
In: British journal of educational psychology
Year: 2025, Volume: 95, Issue: 4, Pages: 1266-1285
ISSN:2044-8279
DOI:10.1111/bjep.12757
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12757
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Author Notes:Annabell Schüßler, Cornelius Holler, Yannick Hill

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