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The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

Assessing Competencies over the Life Course and in Higher Education

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Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education

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The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) is an exceptional and unique research endeavor which aims to gain new insights into the acquisition of competencies across the entire life span, to describe crucial educational transitions, to study educational careers, to identify the determinants of competence development and educational decisions and to analyze the impact of education and competencies on the life course.

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  1. HIS-Institute for Research on Higher Education, Hannover, Germany

    Hildegard Schaeper

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  1. Institute of Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

    Sigrid Blömeke

  2. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia

  3. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Christiane Kuhn

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Schaeper, H. (2013). The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). In: Blömeke, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Kuhn, C., Fege, J. (eds) Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education. Professional and Vet Learning, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-867-4_11

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