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Lochside · September · 4 days · Age 11–12 · 96 students travelling
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Outdoor residential

Lochside · September · 4 days · Age 11–12 · 96 students travelling
A sample on invented data. Riverside High School, its tour operators and its students are fictional.

What changed on this trip?

Across 78 students who answered both before and after, reported outcomes improved from before to immediately after the Outdoor residential trip by +0.28 points on the four-point scale. The largest improvement was in agency and self-management, though not clearly separated from social connection and belonging. Most of the immediate change was still there 4 weeks after: +0.25 points among the 70 students who answered before and at follow-up, against +0.28 just after. Results varied between students. Change over time can have causes other than the trip.

Largest gain
Agency and self-management
+0.39 points across 78 students. Not clearly separated from social connection and belonging.
Most sustained gain
Agency and self-management
Still +0.41 points at 4 weeks, across 70 students. Not clearly separated from social connection and belonging.
Priority for improvement
Not yet
This trip scored evenly across all 8 dimensions. The lowest was reflection at 2.4 across 84 students, level with the platform median.
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What changed for students?

  • Learning and educational value
    Change just after+0.28+0.19 to +0.37
    Change 4 weeks after+0.21+0.12 to +0.31
  • Agency and self-management
    Change just after+0.39+0.27 to +0.51
    Change 4 weeks after+0.41+0.29 to +0.53
  • Social connection and belonging
    Change just after+0.31+0.21 to +0.41
    Change 4 weeks after+0.31+0.21 to +0.40
  • Perspective and accomplishment
    Change just after+0.05−0.04 to +0.15
    Change 4 weeks after0.00−0.08 to +0.08
  • Overall
    Change just after+0.28+0.20 to +0.35
    Change 4 weeks after+0.25+0.17 to +0.33
  • Changes are in points on the four-point scale, with the 95% interval under each, for students who answered before and at that wave: 78 just after and 70 at 4 weeks.
Before and after means per outcome domain on the one to 4 scale, with the change for students who answered both and its 95 per cent interval.1Strongly disagree234Strongly agreeLearning and educational value+0.28Agency and self-management+0.39Social connection and belonging+0.31Perspective and accomplishment+0.05BeforeJust after, with 95% interval

Grey dot: before. Coloured dot: just after. Both are means over everyone who answered that wave. The figure beside each row is the change for students who answered both, as in the table, and the short line on the coloured dot is its 95% interval.

Learning and educational valuebefore · after · later
Agency and self-managementbefore · after · later
Social connection and belongingbefore · after · later
Perspective and accomplishmentbefore · after · later

How answers were spread, light to dark from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

02

What changed on each question?

Single questions vary more than the domain scores above.

  • Learning and educational value
  • I want to learn more about new places and ideas. C01
    Up · same · down 34 · 36 · 8
    Change just after+0.37+0.20 to +0.55
    Change 4 weeks after+0.20+0.03 to +0.37
  • I listen well when I learn about new places or ideas. C02
    Up · same · down 27 · 34 · 17
    Change just after+0.18−0.02 to +0.38
    Change 4 weeks after+0.17−0.03 to +0.37
  • I ask questions when I want to know more. C13
    Up · same · down 28 · 34 · 16
    Change just after+0.19+0.01 to +0.37
    Change 4 weeks after+0.13−0.06 to +0.32
  • I can see how what I learn links to everyday life. C03
    Up · same · down 34 · 32 · 12
    Change just after+0.32+0.14 to +0.50
    Change 4 weeks after+0.29+0.10 to +0.48
  • I can explain what I have learned to someone else. C04
    Up · same · down 36 · 29 · 13
    Change just after+0.31+0.13 to +0.49
    Change 4 weeks after+0.21+0.03 to +0.40
  • I use what I learn in one place when I am somewhere else. C14
    Up · same · down 32 · 33 · 13
    Change just after+0.31+0.12 to +0.49
    Change 4 weeks after+0.29+0.11 to +0.46
  • Agency and self-management
  • I can cope when things are new to me. C05
    Up · same · down 31 · 39 · 8
    Change just after+0.36+0.19 to +0.53
    Change 4 weeks after+0.47+0.29 to +0.65
  • When something is hard, I can work out what to do next. C06
    Up · same · down 24 · 40 · 14
    Change just after+0.19+0.01 to +0.37
    Change 4 weeks after+0.33+0.14 to +0.52
  • If I keep trying, I can do most things. C15
    Up · same · down 36 · 35 · 7
    Change just after+0.47+0.29 to +0.66
    Change 4 weeks after+0.41+0.21 to +0.61
  • I do my jobs without an adult reminding me. C07
    Up · same · down 34 · 32 · 12
    Change just after+0.35+0.14 to +0.55
    Change 4 weeks after+0.43+0.23 to +0.63
  • I get on with a task even when no one is watching. C16
    Up · same · down 45 · 22 · 11
    Change just after+0.58+0.37 to +0.78
    Change 4 weeks after+0.47+0.29 to +0.66
  • I can stay calm and wait when things take time. C17
    Up · same · down 33 · 37 · 8
    Change just after+0.40+0.22 to +0.57
    Change 4 weeks after+0.36+0.15 to +0.57
  • Social connection and belonging
  • I feel that I belong in this class or group. C08
    Up · same · down 31 · 38 · 9
    Change just after+0.35+0.17 to +0.52
    Change 4 weeks after+0.30+0.10 to +0.50
  • I can work well with classmates I would not usually pick. C09
    Up · same · down 31 · 39 · 8
    Change just after+0.32+0.16 to +0.48
    Change 4 weeks after+0.14−0.05 to +0.34
  • There are people in my class I can count on. C18
    Up · same · down 32 · 40 · 6
    Change just after+0.40+0.23 to +0.56
    Change 4 weeks after+0.39+0.21 to +0.56
  • I try to understand people whose lives are different from mine. C10
    Up · same · down 26 · 42 · 10
    Change just after+0.27+0.10 to +0.44
    Change 4 weeks after+0.41+0.23 to +0.60
  • I listen to people even when I do not agree with them. C19
    Up · same · down 25 · 42 · 11
    Change just after+0.20+0.03 to +0.38
    Change 4 weeks after+0.29+0.13 to +0.44
  • Perspective and accomplishment
  • I think about how what I do affects other people and the world. C11
    Up · same · down 16 · 42 · 20
    Change just after−0.09−0.26 to +0.08
    Change 4 weeks after−0.03−0.21 to +0.15
  • I feel proud when I get better at something hard. C12
    Up · same · down 18 · 50 · 10
    Change just after+0.09−0.05 to +0.23
    Change 4 weeks after−0.01−0.18 to +0.16
  • I feel good about myself most of the time. C20
    Up · same · down 25 · 44 · 9
    Change just after+0.22+0.06 to +0.38
    Change 4 weeks after+0.09−0.07 to +0.24
  • I keep going with something until I have got it done. C21
    Up · same · down 21 · 36 · 21
    Change just after0.00−0.17 to +0.17
    Change 4 weeks after−0.04−0.20 to +0.11
  • Changes are in points on the four-point scale, with the 95% interval under each, for students who answered the question before and at that wave: 78 just after and 70 at 4 weeks. Up, same and down count them just after, by whole points. Each wave's means are in the section above, over everyone who answered it.
03

Did the change last?

Most of the immediate change was still there 4 weeks after: +0.25 points among the 70 students who answered before and at follow-up, against +0.28 just after.

95% interval for the change at follow-up +0.17 to +0.33.

04

How many students improved, and who did not?

Most students scored higher: of 78 students who answered both waves, 74% scored higher after the trip, 4% the same and 22% lower. Counting only movement larger than measurement error, 45% improved and 5% declined.

Share of matched students who scored higher, the same or lower after the trip, per domain: Learning and educational value 67 per cent higher, 17 the same, 17 lower; Agency and self-management 71 per cent higher, 12 the same, 18 lower; Social connection and belonging 68 per cent higher, 13 the same, 19 lower; Perspective and accomplishment 42 per cent higher, 27 the same, 31 lower; Overall 74 per cent higher, 4 the same, 22 lower.Scored lowerScored higherLearning and educational value17%67%17% the sameAgency and self-management18%71%12% the sameSocial connection and belonging19%68%13% the samePerspective and accomplishment31%42%27% the sameOverall22%74%4% the same

Share of students whose score fell (left) or rose (right) after the trip, counting any movement; the share that stayed the same is beside each row. Students who answered both waves: learning and educational value 78, agency and self-management 78, social connection and belonging 78, perspective and accomplishment 78, overall 78.

Learning and educational value
Distribution of change per student for Learning and educational value: -2 to -1.5, 0 per cent; -1.5 to -1, 0 per cent; -1 to -0.5, 1 per cent; -0.5 to 0, 15 per cent; 0 to 0.5, 50 per cent; 0.5 to 1, 28 per cent; 1 to 1.5, 4 per cent; 1.5 to 2, 1 per cent.−20+2
Median +0.33 · beyond measurement error: 22% up, 1% down · 0% already at the top before the trip
Agency and self-management
Distribution of change per student for Agency and self-management: -2 to -1.5, 0 per cent; -1.5 to -1, 0 per cent; -1 to -0.5, 3 per cent; -0.5 to 0, 15 per cent; 0 to 0.5, 38 per cent; 0.5 to 1, 28 per cent; 1 to 1.5, 13 per cent; 1.5 to 2, 3 per cent.−20+2
Median +0.33 · beyond measurement error: 36% up, 1% down · 0% already at the top before the trip
Social connection and belonging
Distribution of change per student for Social connection and belonging: -2 to -1.5, 0 per cent; -1.5 to -1, 0 per cent; -1 to -0.5, 1 per cent; -0.5 to 0, 18 per cent; 0 to 0.5, 49 per cent; 0.5 to 1, 26 per cent; 1 to 1.5, 5 per cent; 1.5 to 2, 1 per cent.−20+2
Median +0.20 · beyond measurement error: 18% up, 0% down · 3% already at the top before the trip
Perspective and accomplishment
Distribution of change per student for Perspective and accomplishment: -2 to -1.5, 0 per cent; -1.5 to -1, 0 per cent; -1 to -0.5, 4 per cent; -0.5 to 0, 27 per cent; 0 to 0.5, 50 per cent; 0.5 to 1, 18 per cent; 1 to 1.5, 1 per cent; 1.5 to 2, 0 per cent.−20+2
Median 0.00 · beyond measurement error: 9% up, 4% down · 8% already at the top before the trip
Overall
Distribution of change per student for Overall: -2 to -1.5, 0 per cent; -1.5 to -1, 0 per cent; -1 to -0.5, 0 per cent; -0.5 to 0, 22 per cent; 0 to 0.5, 53 per cent; 0.5 to 1, 22 per cent; 1 to 1.5, 4 per cent; 1.5 to 2, 0 per cent.−20+2
Median +0.26 · beyond measurement error: 45% up, 5% down · 0% already at the top before the trip

Half-point steps from −2 to +2; the black tick is the median. A student already at the top of the scale cannot register a gain.

05

Did change exceed that of students not travelling?

No comparison group for this trip. When students from another trip answer the same items on the same dates before they travel, or the class list marks students who are not going, their line appears here.

06

How well was the experience designed?

Reflection and Autonomy had the lowest ratings on this trip.

Experience quality per dimension on the one to 4 scale: Preparation 3.1, 84 students; Novelty 2.9, 84 students; Challenge 3.2, 84 students; Autonomy 2.7, 84 students; Educator 3.4, 84 students; Reflection 2.4, 84 students; Group 3.4, 84 students; Transitions 3.3, 84 students.1234Preparation3.1Novelty2.9Challenge3.2Autonomy2.7Educator3.4Reflection2.4Group3.4Transitions3.3

How the trip was run, rated by 84 students, days after the trip. Shared with the operator. The priorities below compare each dimension with the platform median where there is one, so a dimension rated low here can still be ahead of other trips.

94%agreed they enjoyed the trip, of 84 students, rating “Overall, I enjoyed the trip.” Enjoyment is not part of any score.

Every question, as students read it

  • PreparationBefore we left, I knew what we would be doing and why.
    Mean3.1
    Students84
  • NoveltySomeone explained the new parts of the trip before they happened.
    Mean2.9
    Students84
  • ChallengeThe activities made me try hard, but they were not too hard.
    Mean3.2
    Students84
  • AutonomyThere were times when we made real choices ourselves.
    Mean2.7
    Students84
  • EducatorThe adults in charge explained things clearly and listened to us.
    Mean3.4
    Students84
  • ReflectionWe had time to think or talk about what we had done.
    Mean2.4
    Students84
  • GroupI worked in small groups where everyone took part.
    Mean3.4
    Students84
  • TransitionsMoving from one place to the next was calm and well organised.
    Mean3.3
    Students84
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Priorities for the next outdoor and adventure trip

This trip scored evenly across all 8 dimensions. The lowest was reflection at 2.4 across 84 students, level with the platform median.

  • Set by fixed rules from the experience scores.
08

Who benefited: change by starting level

Score before the tripStudentsStarted atChange
Below 2.67242.30+0.39
2.67 to below 3.05282.83+0.25
3.05 and above263.38+0.20

By sex, where the school recorded it

GroupStudentsStarted atChange
Femalewithheld—withheld
Male372.90+0.30
Otherfewer than ten—withheld
  • Bands by score before the trip, split into thirds. Where many students share a score the bands are unequal, or one is empty; each is named by the scores it covers. Students who start low tend to rise and students who start high tend to fall whatever happens.
  • 95% intervals: below 2.67 +0.21 to +0.56; 2.67 to below 3.05 +0.12 to +0.38; 3.05 and above +0.09 to +0.31.
  • Sex was recorded for 75 of these 78 students. 95% intervals: male +0.18 to +0.43.
09

Data quality

Response shares: Before · complete 93 per cent, Days after · complete 88 per cent, 4 weeks after · complete 80 per cent.
  • 89 of 96
    Before · complete
  • 84 of 96
    Days after · complete
  • 77 of 96
    4 weeks after · complete
Students travelling
96
Answered before and days after
78
Answered before and 4 weeks after
70
Same answer to every item
0%
before 0%, days after 0%, 4 weeks after 0%. The highest wave is shown.
  • Every figure is what students say about themselves. Definitions are on the methods page.
10

The statistics

Change over time

Outdoor residential students' scores rose on three of the four outcome domains between the two waves.

On the one remaining domain there was no clear change. With 70 students matched across both waves, this trip can pick up moderate differences but not small ones: a real change smaller than g = 0.23 would probably not show here.

  • Learning and educational value. Moved up between the two waves. Clear enough to report.
  • Agency and self-management. Moved up between the two waves. Clear enough to report.
  • Social connection and belonging. Moved up between the two waves. Clear enough to report.
  • Perspective and accomplishment. Points up, but this group is too small to tell it apart from normal variation.
Effect sizes

Hedges' g with 95% intervals, change over time within the group, for students who answered both waves.

Effect estimates with 95 per cent intervals. Overall: +0.53, interval +0.37 to +0.69; Learning and educational value: +0.42, interval +0.23 to +0.62; Agency and self-management: +0.79, interval +0.56 to +1.02; Social connection and belonging: +0.60, interval +0.41 to +0.79; Perspective and accomplishment: 0.00, interval −0.16 to +0.16, crosses zero.−1.50−1.00−0.500+0.50+1.00+1.50Shaded: too small for this group to detectOverall+0.53 g · +0.37 to +0.69 · n 70Learning and educational value+0.42 g · +0.23 to +0.62 · n 70Agency and self-management+0.79 g · +0.56 to +1.02 · n 70Social connection and belonging+0.60 g · +0.41 to +0.79 · n 70Perspective and accomplishment0.00 g · −0.16 to +0.16 · n 70

Dot: estimated change. Line: the 95% interval. Shaded band: changes smaller than this group could detect; a grey dot sits inside its band.

  • Overall
    Points+0.25
    95% interval+0.17 to +0.33
    g+0.53
    95% interval+0.37 to +0.69
    Up minus down+0.46
    Matched n70
    Smallest detectableg ≥ 0.23
  • Learning and educational value
    Points+0.21
    95% interval+0.12 to +0.31
    g+0.42
    95% interval+0.23 to +0.62
    Up minus down+0.43
    Matched n70
    Smallest detectableg ≥ 0.28
  • Agency and self-management
    Points+0.41
    95% interval+0.29 to +0.53
    g+0.79
    95% interval+0.56 to +1.02
    Up minus down+0.57
    Matched n70
    Smallest detectableg ≥ 0.33
  • Social connection and belonging
    Points+0.31
    95% interval+0.21 to +0.40
    g+0.60
    95% interval+0.41 to +0.79
    Up minus down+0.57
    Matched n70
    Smallest detectableg ≥ 0.28
  • Perspective and accomplishment
    Points0.00
    95% interval−0.08 to +0.08
    g0.00
    95% interval−0.16 to +0.16
    Up minus down−0.06
    Matched n70
    Smallest detectableg ≥ 0.23

Where an interval excludes zero, the change is larger than this group's normal variation. Where it includes zero, the change is unresolved. An interval lying wholly within ±0.10 is read as no change worth reporting, or, where it also excludes zero, as a change too small to matter. Up minus down is the share of students whose score rose less the share whose score fell; it has no size words.

Reliability of the scales

Cronbach’s α before the trip, beside each scale’s item count. Short scales cap α.

  • Learning and educational value0.82 · 6 items
  • Agency and self-management0.83 · 6 items
  • Social connection and belonging0.80 · 5 items
  • Perspective and accomplishment0.76 · 4 items

Change beyond measurement error

Per student, on the overall score.

  • 41% improved
  • 57% no reliable change
  • 1% declined

n = 70 · α = 0.94 · a change counts beyond 0.31 scale points.

How each figure is calculated is on the methods page.