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Download full textCurtis, David D.; Mlotkowski, Peter; Lumsden, Marilyn – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Taking a break between completing high school and entering university is common overseas, and is becoming more popular in Australia. There are many reasons why young people take a gap year. It may be to travel, to take a break, to study, or to work. The authors' definition of a "gapper" is a young person who commenced university one to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables
Lumsden, Marilyn; Stanwick, John – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Taking a gap year--a break between high school and university--is becoming increasingly popular with Australian students. In terms of length and purpose, the traditional notion of a gap year being a year off between school and university has expanded considerably over time. For the purposes of the analysis reported in this paper, a person who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Vocational Education
Martin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S.; Foy, Pierre; Stanco, Gabrielle M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been conducting comparative studies of educational achievement in a number of curriculum areas, including mathematics and science. TIMSS 2011 represents the fifth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
