Measuring Students’ Class-level Sense of Belonging: A Social-network-based Approach

Abstract

where he earned his PhD. His research focuses on the computational integration of human information into construction work and training systems. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and serves as a member of several national committees and an editor or reviewer for many international journals and conferences. Some of his honors include receiving the Best Journal Paper Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Settling into Campus Environment: Relationship between Teacher Trainees’ Sense of Belonging and Educational Outputs of Colleges of Education in Volti Zone, Ghana

“…Students who feel like they belong can concentrate more on doing well in school (Perez, 2020). Conversely, students who do not feel like they belong are more likely to do poorly and put their education on hold (Zhao et al, 2019). A student's participation in or membership in an institution has been linked to successful academic outcomes (Vaccaro & Newman, 2016).…”

“…Some of these experiences include college athletics, student organizations, academic courses, religious groups, campus jobs, and many more (Loper, 2022). The classroom setting is seen as a social ecosystem, and learning there is seen as a process that is governed by social structures (Zhao et al, 2019). A successful educational setting necessitates, inter alia, a thriving and robust society where all of its inhabitants experience a feeling of pride and ownership as well as a sense of belonging and access to resources for their physical, religious, and academic needs (Krafona, 2014;Lyken-Segosebe et al, 2019).…”

“…A lack of belonging among some students causes them to perform poorly and put their education on hold. A substantial amount of study has connected engaging learning settings to the growth of students' societal involvement, with investigations examining the association in both dimensions (Zhao et al, 2019). A student's sense of belonging is now crucial for fostering inclusive and fair learning environments (Hilliger et al, 2022) and a crucial societal and emotional requirement for college students (Singh, 2018).…”

“…Following earlier research, this idea of feeling included is connected to learners' innate motivation to study and be successful, leading to educational success and perseverance in the classroom (Marra et al, 2012). Contrarily, learners who do not feel like they belong run a higher risk of quitting school, which has disproportionately impacted female and other marginalized students (Zhao et al, 2019).…”

WIP: Exploring differences in student sense of belonging inside and outside the engineering classroom

“…According to previous studies, this concept of sense of belonging is associated with student intrinsic motivation to learn and succeed, resulting in academic achievement and persistence in the engineering field [2], [3]. On the contrary, students who lack a sense of belonging are at a greater risk of suspending their studies, which has affected female and other underrepresented students to a greater degree [4].…”