Self-regulation of learning Other
Conditions
Interventions
Schools are randomly assigned to one of three trial arms (using simple randomisation without any form of stratification)
Outward Bound Intervention, Commando Joe's Intervention or the control group. The study is taking place in 97 schools.
Outward Bound (OB) trial arm: Pupils go on a 5 day residential trip away from sc
wild camping, sailing.
Commando Joes (CJ’s) trial arm: This is a 5-day in school adventure learning programme. Pupils will undertake activities on each of the 5 days that are aimed at improving their
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Schools: 1. Secondary schools in England. 2. A minimum of 20% of pupils eligible for pupil premium. 3. Able to identify 24 current Year 8 pupils who are achieving below their expected levels of progress because of a lack of engagement with education and/or lack of character skills to support learning. Pupils: 1. At least 50% should be recognised as disadvantaged, either in receipt of pupil premium or through economic, social or environmental issues known to the school. 2. The programme is especially suitable for pupils with the greatest scope for improvement based on their current attainment levels versus their predicted actual attainment ability, regardless of their starting point.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Schools: A pupil premium of less than 20%. Pupils: Younger or older than Y8 at time of recruitment (Y9 at start of intervention activity).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-regulation of learning is measured using the self-regulation of learning scale (Toering et al, 2012) at baseline (prior to randomisation), 2 weeks post-intervention and approximately 1 year. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mathematics attainment after 1 year is measured using the GL Progress Test in Maths. 2. General attainment after 2 years is measured using the GCSE attainment 8 score. 3. Student engagement is measured using the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI) at baseline (prior to randomisation), 2 weeks post-intervention and approximately 1 year. 4. Pupil behaviour in school is measured using the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; completed by pupil’s form tutor) at baseline (prior to randomisation), 2 weeks post-intervention and approximately 1 year. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactSarah;Benjamin Reaney-Wood;Willis
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Outcome results
None listed