Outdoor experiential-based training: motivational and environmental influences affecting outcomes

Teresa (Birdie) High; Alan R. Graefe

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Outdoor experiential-based training: motivational and environmental influences affecting outcomes

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Authors:

Teresa (Birdie) High, Alan R. Graefe

Year:

2002

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Todd, Sharon, comp., ed. 2002. Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-289. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 85-91.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to go beyond the examination of the single construct of team building by measuring the impact of motivational and environmental factors on the effectiveness of an outdoor-based training (OBT) intervention. The study assessed the self-perceptions of trainee attitudes and attributes that influenced the constructs of motivation to learn, learning which was operationalized as team building, and the motivation to transfer newly acquired knowledge to the work setting.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

High, Teresa (Birdie); Graefe, Alan R. 2002. Outdoor experiential-based training: motivational and environmental influences affecting outcomes. In: Todd, Sharon, comp., ed. 2002. Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-289. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 85-91.