Research in the Challenge Course Field

As the challenge course industry continues to grow and as the field matures, the need for documentation of the efficacy of challenge course usage increases.   ACCT does not conduct or fund research, but does seek to connect the research data collected with those operating challenge courses.

Aram Attarian, from North Carolina State University, and Alpine Towers International have generously allowed us to post the Second edition of Aram's Bibliography on Challenge Courses here on our website, in PDF format. A printed copy can also be purchased through Adventure Hardware.

The Research and Literature on Challenge Courses:
An Annotated Bibliography 2nd Edition

Many research based articles on challenge courses and other facets of experiential education have also been published in the Journal of Experiential Education. An index to the JEE can be found at www.aee2.org/skin1/pages/US/JEE_Index.htm.

If you know of other research studies which have been published, please forward that information to Sylvia Dresser. We will post citations for other publications as we learn about them and PDF's of publications when copyright permits.

Please note that ACCT does not endorse or sponsor any of these research studies.