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Sequence 4CHAPTER6 RESEARCH OF COGNITIVE/ INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT Introduction One of the earliest studies of intellectual… |
Sequence 5The children were from middle income families and were restricted to four-year-olds attending school for the first time and… |
Sequence 6activities such as the grading of stimuli along a single varying contin- uum.He also found that increased adult interaction… |
Sequence 7There was no statistically significant difference between the groups, but females from all three approaches scored… |
Sequence 1week could improve attention. It is difficult to react positively to this study because others have shown Montessori students… |
Sequence 2children from four schools, Montessori, and traditionally oriented pri- vate nursery schools in Madison, Wisconsin. Children… |
Sequence 3example, discusses the propensity of the four year old to view a picture as a static picture. The child cannot make inferences… |
Sequence 5Education. She strongly supports the idea of the social responsibility of humans and their interdependence with each other and… |
Sequence 6data from observation of the three- and four-year-old children were used in the analysis. There were more five year-olds in… |
Sequence 7Time duration of interactions was significantly different between the two schools. Montessori children interacted longer times… |
Sequence 9strengthened by observations taken at varying times during the year rather than just during the fall of the year.… |
Sequence 11scale periodically throughout the year. Second, it is not clear if the study was done in January of the first year the child… |
Sequence 12Self-reliance was defined as the number of times the child asked for help; initiative by the number of tasks attempted; and… |
Sequence 13limitations. Observation in the classroom environment might have yielded better data and could be supplemented by out of… |
Sequence 14adaptive strategies than the University School children. The Montes- sori equipment and the rate at which the teacher… |
Sequence 15most opportunity for child-initiated activity and more opportunity for socialization with peers than the other schools.… |
Sequence 16described his study as an initial effort because of the small sample size and because no other measures were taken.… |
Sequence 19tasks. Testers described the Montessori children as seeking solutions from the adults or as sticking to only one or two… |
Sequence 20to the behavior. A sample item is, "Plays alone unless he's induced to play with others." Each item is… |
Sequence 1the monster and how another child would feel. No significant differ- ences were found on this measure between Montessori and… |
Sequence 2The same children were retested eight months later and their mean gain scores indicated a decline in impulsivity and an… |
Sequence 3Meizitis, S. (1972). The Montessori method: Some recent research. Interchange, 2, 41-59. Montessori, Maria. (1967). TM Abs… |
Sequence 4CHAPTERS CONCLUSIONS AND NEEDS Results Results of the analysis of research on the effects of the Montessori method on… |
Sequence 5Table 2 Summary of Findings: Do Low Socioeconomic Children Benefit from Less Than Three Years of Preschool? YES NON-… |
Sequence 8norms on standardized tests must be cautiously accepted. She does not indicate how the children compared with others in their… |
Sequence 9Table 4 Summary of Findings: Do Middle Socioeconomic Status Children Benefit from Montessori Preschool? YES (N ... 7)… |
Sequence 11Table 5 Summary Findings: Does the Montessori Experience Aid in Social Development? YES NON-SIGNIFICANT NO (N=ll) (N-9… |
Sequence 12learned competency. However, what Hummel asked the preschoolers do, sit in a group lesson for a minimum of twenty minutes and… |
Sequence 2poverty cycle for low socioeconomic status families is to provide a quality educational program that also focuses on parenting… |
Sequence 3able to obtain each child's individual scores on the Spring, 1988 compe- tency tests in Reading for Grades One through… |
Sequence 5Montessori group mean fell at the 48th percentile on the Reading measure, while the mean percentile ranking for the Montessori… |
Sequence 7The length of time spent by a child in the Montessori program was significantly correlated (p< .001) with the Reading… |
Sequence 8MATIIEMMICS - Average Percentile Ranks California Achievement Test Grade3 Grade4 Grade6 TotalGrouJJ Montessori Group 58.… |
Sequence 2Highlights from the Mitchell Elementary School Program • A building which had been out of compliance with federal desegrega-… |
Sequence 3Mitchell Montessori School Biwer • The Montessori Program has brought a stabilizing influence to the neighborhood. We… |
Sequence 4• To better our understanding of our Montessori Program, we have created an intensive research partnership with a professor… |
Sequence 1Multi-Cultural MONTESSORI AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY by Alice Renton Ms. Renton characterizes Montessori /,earning with a… |
Sequence 3In our work of prepruing the environment, our first task is to know, respect, and utilize as fully as possible the culture to… |
Sequence 4cient, not relying on servants to do everything for them. They want their children to become responsible leaders who can… |
Sequence 5child's spirit. It explains why adults engaged in the process of concien- tizacibn often seek a freeing educational… |
Sequence 6not only repressed but effectively killed the child within himself. As MonteS.50ri put it in The Fonnal:ion of Man, we have… |
Sequence 6how far to explore and how much should be recorded. Often, com- mands are introduced to lead the child to a higher level of… |
Sequence 9specific kinds covering the whole range of essentialist to structuralist thinking. Perhaps there are five ways to present the… |
Sequence 10Footnotes l Sofia Cavalletti, "The Spiritual Development of the Child," Montessori Thlks to Par- ents,… |
Sequence 1The Adolescent: THE MONTESSORI l\flDDLE SCHOOL: A PERSONAL WITNESS by John McNamara John McNamara's description of the… |
Sequence 2School?;• and to be very much conscious of what we were trying to accomplish. The children became Montessorians. If treated… |
Sequence 4the end of the middle school the student has learned to select, organize and guide this total learning experience to meet his… |
Sequence 5helping students to be total human beings is a more important aim of education. Too many specialists can have only minimal… |
Sequence 6In designing the curriculum we took into consideration four main areas: the school's expressed purpose, our view of… |
Sequence 7are to be expected and even desired for they contain information essential for further learning. For students to discover and… |
Sequence 1The Humanities MONTESSORI: THE HUMANITIES CONNECTION Minneapolis, March 2, 3, 4, 1989 by David Kahn Minneapolis marks a… |
Sequence 2Maria Montessori was well versed in philosophy. Her footnotes include allusions to Sequin, Tolstoi, Froebal, Pascal, Poincare… |
Sequence 5This process is carried on at the elementary stage with reading and writing devoted to the child's research from many… |
Sequence 6Montessori and the Humanities means a clarification of goals. We have a saying in Montessori - "Montessori is an aid… |
Sequence 1THE ACTIVITY AND ART OF READING by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren Dr. Adler's cw.ssicrendering of the thinking… |
Sequence 1New Montessori Scholarship__; THE ACQUISITION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE THE NEBULA HYPOTHESIS by Annette Haines ThefoUowi:ng two… |
Sequence 2Montessori found the subject of great interest and referred to it often. Since she was describing mental processes which could… |
Sequence 3basis with a large number of infants show a definite pattern of develop- ment, with vowel sounds appearing first and then… |
Sequence 8Lieberman, Philip. (1984). The Biology and Evolution of Language. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Moerk,… |
Sequence 3conscious renewal of ritual and celebration as a family is a way to return to the sacred from the clam or of the world. We… |
Sequence 1THE MAINSTREAMING OF MONTESSORI IN AMERICA by David Kahn, Editor On April 17, 1989 Newsweek published a cover story entitled… |
Sequence 2curriculum spiral with a system of indirect preparation which is part of its philosophy of education. In the process of coming… |
Sequence 3implementation and teacher training approaches. Lastly, this Journal introduces still another problem of Montessori… |
Sequence 2we have discovered ourselves, over generations, to be. As Maria Montessori-and earlier, Aristotle-understood, the natu- ral… |
Sequence 1Montessori: The Humanities Connection Mythos, Logos, and the Generalist Ideal by David Kahn Montessori education may be a… |
Sequence 2There is a broad spectrum of interest in the six year old, and Mont- essori suggests accordingly that we must sow as many… |
Sequence 3Montessori's insight suggests that for the child's full development a general history of human development is… |
Sequence 6The Greek Educational Analogue We look to the classics at this point, not to suggest that a study of the ancient culture… |
Sequence 7The sophists took the body of knowledge diffused thoughout the great mythologies and tried to classify it into areas of study… |
Sequence 8The generalist perspective has been cited by many a pedagogist and humanist. Werner Yaeger, in Paideia, describes the… |
Sequence 10not only connect with Montessori education-they may be indispensi- ble to the preservation and application of the Montessori… |
Sequence 12all ... (ln relation to the Greeks, she writes in To Educate the Human Potential:) So a critical faculty of mind was awakened… |
Sequence 2families not enrolling their children in this otherwise Black/Hispanic neighborhood public school. The shift to Montessori… |
Sequence 1Research PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF A MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR by Tim Duax Dr.… |
Sequence 3The current English, Math, Science and Social Studies teachers of these students were given surveys which contained twenty-… |
Sequence 6Middle School Survey The theoretical midpoint on the response line for each survey item was 5.5. The mean for every survey… |
Sequence 7research, along with replications and variations of this ex-post-facto research are needed before reliability or causality can… |
Sequence 2Method of Instrumentation The sample consisted of 96 Montessori students and 48 school stu- dents, their parents and teachers… |
Sequence 3Competency Measure (Persistency and Eagerness to Continue) slightly favored the comparison group. Further, there were no… |
Sequence 4these impulses. The student may react by "holding him/herself in" and being more guarded in his/her… |
Sequence 5strength were related to age but not to number of Montessori educa- tion years, while social and task competency were related… |
Sequence 3the aprons are all terry cloth, appliques and ties can be made of a variety of other materials. This variety in the materials… |
Sequence 1INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center… |
Sequence 2from one learning stage to the next, the first must be completely mastered. But Bruner implies that the conceptualization… |
Sequence 3that Montessori used science behind her metaphors. For instance, "Child the worker" refers to the child who… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI EDUCATION: INTERACTIVE IDEA FOR HUMAN UNDERSTANDING by David Kahn The dialectical, interior life of the… |
Sequence 2The quiet in the class when the children were at work was complete and moving. No one had enforced it; and what is more, no… |
Sequence 3the widest range of principles and doctrines put forth by various psychologists and educators. Every philosophical education… |
Sequence 4They converse at length about the size of a polishing cloth, the beauty of a pouring pitcher, the exhibition of the sensorial… |
Sequence 5that is overwhelming for the moment? (Elicits the collaboration of the group) Sarah: Individualizing, Lois-have you tried… |
Sequence 7ing and too much goveming he may be hinde!'ed from his end and kept out of his own. Respect the child. Wait and see the… |
Sequence 8will be able to connect information to what is uniquely human, reconcil- ing cultural differences with what is universal. The… |
Sequence 9The Montessori idea is unfinished by design. Some complain that the curriculum presented in Montessori training is incomplete… |
Sequence 14sounds unbelievable in this day and age, but, believe me, it is true), I often heard the refrain that only people who had… |
Sequence 1RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH (YfHER by Mary Maher Boehnlein Good morning. I am honored… |
Sequence 2Dewey, in Human Nature and Conduct, said: If the standard of morals is low it is because the education given by the inter-… |
Sequence 3We have another powerful tool in the Montessori curriculum that is currently enjoying new vogue-the power of story. Cukovsky,… |
Sequence 4personal behavior decisions are social decisions. There is an adult who helps us come to generous understanding, not by… |
Sequence 5function of the child with regard to the formation of the human personal- ity (p. 15). Oui· civilization has not yet devised… |
Sequence 1RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER by Charles Torranova I want to thank David Kahn for… |