study buddies

Academic collaboration friends

Study buddies are people who regularly study together, typically students preparing for the same class or exam.

The arrangement combines accountability with mutual support—explaining concepts to each other, quizzing one another, or simply providing company during long hours of work: She and her study buddies meet at the library every Thursday.

Opposites
social configuration in learning

study buddiesindependent study

Self-directed academic project

self-study · going it alone · autodidact · loner

relationship to academic success

study buddiesbad influences

People promoting harmful behavior

distractions · enablers · drinking buddies · troublemakers · frenemies

relationship to learning peers

study buddiescompetitors

Those seeking same goal

Family

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