Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study

Camilla Roed Otte; Mads Bølling; Matt P Stevenson; Niels Ejbye-Ernst; Glen Nielsen; Peter Bentsen

doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2019.01.009

Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study

Camilla Roed Otte, Mads Bølling^*, Matt P Stevenson, Niels Ejbye-Ernst, Glen Nielsen, Peter Bentsen

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Abstract

The use of education outside the classroom (EOtC) in schools is increasing; however, there are currently few studies assessing the longer-term impacts on academic achievement. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between one school-year of regular (more than 2.0 h a week) participation in EOtC and Danish primary school children's reading performance. We conducted a quasi-experimental study involving 20 EOtC intervention group classes and 10 comparison group parallel classes (Grades 3–6). Children were tested pre- and post-intervention in reading performance. We found that exposure to EOtC had a small positive impact on test scores. The implication that regular EOtC is positively associated with reading performance is discussed.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	International Journal of Educational Research
Vol/bind	94
Sider (fra-til)	42-51
Antal sider	10
ISSN	0883-0355
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.01.009
Status	Udgivet - 2019

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