A study published in the “International Journal of Education Research” has found that college students got better grades in a class when peers told them that taking the class was important. In the study students got a rationale for taking a Psychology class from peers, the teacher, or none at all. Students who got the rationale from peers earned the highest final grade average at 92 percent, while those getting the rational from the teacher scored 86 percent. Students who received no rationale got an average of 90 percent. Researchers speculate that the reason for this outcome is that students identify more with their peers.

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