Syntes: Larsen et al. (2026) — MOVEOUT cluster trial: regular outdoor teaching went with higher maths and reading scores (conference abstract)

Källa: Larsen, S. R., Aaskilde-Schneider, J., Mygind, L., Klinker, C. D., Bentsen, P., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G. & Bølling, M. (2026). The complexity of school-based health promotion: A case of education outside the classroom (EOtC). European Journal of Public Health 36(Supplement_5), ckag169.1465. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckag169.1465

Verified content

• [abstract] MOVEOUT: cluster-randomised trial in 20 Danish schools; per-protocol sample of 10 intervention classes and 14 wait-list control classes; pupils aged 10–15; teachers given a two-day course then implemented curriculum-based education outside the classroom for at least 5 hours a week over one year.
• [abstract] No significant associations for school motivation or well-being. Learning: mathematics 0.35 (95% CI 0.07 to 0.63) and reading 0.61 (95% CI 0.06 to 1.15). The abstract does not name the unit (for example whether these are standardised mean differences).
• [abstract] On education-outside-the-classroom days, the intervention group had higher acute well-being and motivation than on regular school days. Older pupils (13–15) had greater relative autonomy (RAI 1.03, 95% CI 0.13 to 1.93).

Limits

• [assessment] This is a conference abstract in a journal supplement (European Journal of Public Health 36, Supplement_5), not a full peer-reviewed article. The learning numbers are not labelled as d or g. Per-protocol sample, not necessarily intention-to-treat. Contrast with Otte et al. 2019 maths (OUT-008), a quasi-experiment that found no maths difference.

Why it is in the library

The first named cluster-randomised trial of regular weekly outdoor teaching with academic tests. It reports higher maths and reading scores after a year, which would support C28's direction if a full paper confirms the numbers and their units — and it sits next to Otte et al. 2019, which found no maths difference in a quasi-experiment.

Added 2026-11-08 by the project (weekly source sweep, kind: new; read: abstract (conference abstract; this is the publication)). [abstract] = from the published abstract; [full text] = read in the full text; [assessment] = the project's own assessment.