Forming Groups
From the research article on Learning in friendship groups: developing students’ conceptual understanding through social interaction it discussed how the role of groups and social interactions influence a college student's learning.
Forming study groups may be beneficial in the long run when coming to terms when it “prepares students for the “real world” with the opportunity to develop social skills that are very likely to be required after graduation” (Senior, 2014). This is a great example of how study groups may have a positive effect on an individual.
The Benefits of Friends
Studies have shown that work has started to show how spontaneous friendship groups do indeed play an important role in developing work based learning.
Your peers may influence into developing a good study habit and you may find that learning with others is more effective than learning on your own.