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The instrument, annotated
Twenty-one core items, four outcome domains
Figures describe what students report, not what the trip caused. Groups of fewer than ten students are withheld.
The instrument, annotated

Twenty-one core items, four outcome domains

Domain and facet labels are for this page only and are never shown to students. Every response is stored against the exact version and wording the student saw.

Core items, every wave

21 items, each at reading grade 7 or below

Learning and educational value · 6 items

  1. 01I want to learn more about new places and ideas.Interest and engagement
  2. 02I listen well when I learn about new places or ideas.Interest and engagement
  3. 03I ask questions when I want to know more.Interest and engagement
  4. 04I can see how what I learn links to everyday life.Transfer and application
  5. 05I can explain what I have learned to someone else.Transfer and application
  6. 06I use what I learn in one place when I am somewhere else.Transfer and application

Agency and self-management · 6 items

  1. 07I can cope when things are new to me.Self-efficacy and coping
  2. 08When something is hard, I can work out what to do next.Self-efficacy and coping
  3. 09If I keep trying, I can do most things.Self-efficacy and coping
  4. 10I do my jobs without an adult reminding me.Self-management
  5. 11I get on with a task even when no one is watching.Self-management
  6. 12I can stay calm and wait when things take time.Self-management

Social connection and belonging · 5 items

  1. 13I feel that I belong in this class or group.Belonging and teamwork
  2. 14I can work well with classmates I would not usually pick.Belonging and teamwork
  3. 15There are people in my class I can count on.Belonging and teamwork
  4. 16I try to understand people whose lives are different from mine.Perspective and connection
  5. 17I listen to people even when I do not agree with them.Perspective and connection

Perspective and accomplishment · 4 items

  1. 18I think about how what I do affects other people and the world.Perspective and connection
  2. 19I feel proud when I get better at something hard.Wellbeing and accomplishment
  3. 20I feel good about myself most of the time.Wellbeing and accomplishment
  4. 21I keep going with something until I have got it done.Wellbeing and accomplishment

Experience-quality module, just after only

Reported as experience quality, never as impact; what an operator uses to design the next trip
  1. Q1Before we left, I knew what we would be doing and why.Preparation
  2. Q2Someone explained the new parts of the trip before they happened.Novelty
  3. Q3The activities made me try hard, but they were not too hard.Challenge
  4. Q4There were times when we made real choices ourselves.Autonomy
  5. Q5The adults in charge explained things clearly and listened to us.Educator
  6. Q6We had time to think or talk about what we had done.Reflection
  7. Q7I worked in small groups where everyone took part.Group
  8. Q8Moving from one place to the next was calm and well organised.Transitions

Enjoyment, just after only

Reported as the share who agreed. Not part of any score
  1. S1Overall, I enjoyed the trip.Enjoyment

Response scale

  1. 1Strongly disagree
  2. 2Disagree
  3. 3Agree
  4. 4Strongly agree

Balanced, with no midpoint. Fixed before the first student answers and never changed afterwards.

Notes on this version

Version 0.4, the pilot version. Twenty-one items worded identically at every wave, on a balanced four-point scale, each at reading grade 7 or below with no more than two clauses. Written for Year 7 and above.