Academic Wellbeing

Academic wellbeing is not (just) about the marks a student gets. Sure, that's important - and every school has multiple measures of student performance. But what is the peer-to-peer learning environment around the student, and how do they interact with it? How does the student feel about their own learning capabilities and utilise the support from other students?

• John has peers that provide him with constructive feedback about his learning. John also has a growth mindset - he believes can develop his learning skills. 
• Maria is a mid-range student, but unlike her friend Eve, Maria is not receiving any meaningful feedback from her peers about her learning. 
• Sachin is a top-performing student and is engaged with other top-performing students. As a group, they are always proving support and feedback about learning to one another.

As a school, you are fully aware of the academic performance of every student. But what potential does that student have to grow? What peer resources are available to them? Are low-achieving students receiving feedback from high-performing students, or other low performing students who may be giving them the wrong advice?

Research points to the importance of peer relations on learning, and concludes that:

“….peer relationships were directly and significantly related to junior high school students’ academic achievement…..” (Shao, Y., Kang, S., Lu, Q. et al., 2024)

With SNA Toolbox, your school gets individualised academic wellbeing scores for every student to augment your knowledge of their academic performance. Which students need more resources? Teachers are under the pump and have limited time and resources. Knowing for whom and where they need to invest available resources allows teachers to provide evidence-base action.