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On the Edge of Adulthood: Young people's school and out-of-school experiences at 16

Competent Children, Competent Learners is a longitudinal study which began in 1993 and follows the progress of a sample of around 500 New Zealand young people from early childhood education through schooling and beyond. This is the main report from the age-16 phase of the study and details students’ participation in school, their experiences of learning, and their achievement in terms of the study’s competency measures and their NCEA results. It also describes overall patterns of family life, friendships and interests out of school at age 16.

Author: Cathy Wylie, Rosemary Hipkins, & Edith Hodgen [New Zealand Council for Educational Research]
Date Published: May 2009


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