2024
Yes
Impacts of Outdoor Environmental Education on Teacher Reports of Attention, Behavior, and Learning Outcomes for Students With Emotional, Cognitive, and Behavioral Disabilities
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2018.00046
Szczytko, Rachel
North America
Experimental
Observational
Students
Elementary (K-5)
Green space
Cognitive Function
Stress/Anxiety
Other
environmental education
Attention
Behavior
classroom
schoolyard
learning impairment
disability
Quasi-experimental study of 161 fifth-grade students with disabilities in North Carolina. Outdoor environmental education improved attention and behavior per teacher reports. Findings support environmental education as an inclusive, science-aligned strategy.
2018