Relationship between Peer Interaction and Student Academic Performance

Abstract

The research study aims to investigate the relationship between Peer Interaction and Student Academic Performance of undergraduate university students. It aims to explore how the peers play a role in influencing one another in terms of learning and impacts each other’s academic performance. In the study the method employed was quantitative research. A sample comprised of N=100 undergraduate university students which was selected through random sampling technique. A questionnaire of peer interaction scale (Chen, 2008) was used as an instrument for data collection in the research.  SPSS was used in statistical analysis of the data collected.  Pearson Correlation along with linear regression was employed where the findings showed the presence of a positive correlation between peer interaction and academic performance of the undergraduate university students.