Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

Abstract/Notes: In 1987, parents and teachers from diverse neighborhoods of a local school district in New York (New York) founded the Bronx New School, a small public elementary school of choice that was meant to be learner-centered, with high standards for all. The school was organized into heterogeneous, multi-age classes and structured to encourage collaboration among faculty, students, and families. In spite of political stresses, the school's founding values have survived. This report focuses on the first 3 years of its life, a time when a comprehensive assessment system was designed and used throughout the school. The assessment system was designed to support instruction and learning through the collection of descriptive records of student growth. Teacher-kept records, student-kept records, and samples of student work in portfolios are used in combination to develop a picture of student learning. A developmental framework constructed by teachers provides a general guide for expectations of

Language: English

Published: New York, New York, Sep 1994

Abstract/Notes: Interviewed eight teachers and principals at three Montessori magnet schools in Kansas City, Missouri, concerning their preparation for mandated state and federal standardized tests. The administrators and teachers generally expressed negative attitudes toward the testing, which ignores the ungraded, holistic, student-centered curriculum of the Montessori approach to education. (MDM)

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Abstract/Notes: This study evaluated the validity and reliability of the Montessori Assessment System. The Montessori Assessment System assesses preserved abilities in persons ...

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/1471301217729533

ISSN: 1741-2684, 1471-3012

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/s10648-011-9191-6

ISSN: 1040-726X, 1573-336X

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/09585170701292174

ISSN: 0958-5176, 1469-3704

Abstract/Notes: In this study, based on the theory of multiple intelligences in early childhood education teaching and learning strategies in the process of being made, and portfolio assessment to be introduced for the purpose of real-placed. To this end, pre-schoolers in Nuri class at Sarang Day Care Center were chosen for applying multiple intelligences theory to the project approach, were studied in a qualitative single case study. The research data was collected by analyzing the project-based education curriculum of Nuri class and interpreting the implementation of an early childhood program that applies multiple intelligences theory. The Nuri class program focused on practical knowledge emphasized in multiple intelligences theory on productive themes: Beans, Experience What it's like to be a Designer, Money, Save the Earth and Occupations. The preschoolers engaged in meaningful learning and creative experiences. Through a project that adopted a strategy based on multiple intelligences theory, they were able to develop multiple intelligences while having their differences and distinctions recognized. More than anything, the portfolio assessment process from a multi-dimensional perspective, which incorporates the children and parents, helped to build multiple intelligences to expand the children's reasoning and learning. / 본 연구는 다중지능이론에 기초한 유아교육과정에서 이루어지고 있는 교수학습 전략과 포트폴리오 평가에 대한 실제를 소개하고자 하는데 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해 프로젝트 접근법에 다중지능이론을 적용하는 사랑어린이집을 선정하여 질적 단일 사례연구의 구조 하에서 체계적인자료 수집과 분석을 하였다. 이에 대한 결과는 누리반의 유아교육프로그램은 지능의 실제성을 두는 다중지능이론에서 강조되는 ‘실천적 지식’에 초점을 맞추어 일상생활에서 밀접하고 생산적인 ‘콩, 디자이너 되어보기, 돈, 지구를 살려라, 직업’ 주제를 선정하였고 유아들은 실생활에 적용되는 의미 있는 학습과 창의적 경험을 하였다. 다중지능이론에 기초한 도입전략을 활용한 프로젝트 활동으로 유아들은 다름과 차이를 인정받으면서 다중지능을 발달시켜 나갔다. 무엇보다도 유아, 부모를 포함하는 다차원적 관점에서의 과정폴리오 평가 과정을 통해 다중지능을 강화하여 유아의 사고와 학습의 확장을 살필 수 있었다.

Language: Korean

ISSN: 1226-9417

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: Can we measure what we treasure? Can we build and sustain truly excellent schools focused on the ambitious goal of human flourishing? And can we hold ourselves accountable to the children and families we serve in ways that harness data to advance that goal? The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector says “yes”! The Montessori Assessment Playbook shows us how to do it. Organized around 33 discrete tools, the Playbook provides a clear and actionable scaffold for building an assessment protocol that captures compelling student outcomes, such as perseverance, compassion, and creativity, and that links those outcomes to the investments we make to classrooms and schools. Emphasizing both coherence and precision, the Montessori Assessment Playbook shows us how to develop and implement a comprehensive assessment framework focused on human flourishing and, just as important, why such a framework is urgently needed.

Language: English

Published: West Hartford, Connecticut: National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Press, 2019

ISBN: 978-1-73386-911-9

Abstract/Notes: Assessment of student progress is a challenge for educators who use developmentally appropriate practices such as multiage grouping. Interest in alternative types of assessment has become widespread. These performance-based, or authentic, assessments are explored in this document, which presents assessment strategies that work effectively with multiage instructional approaches. Chapter 1 begins by examining the purposes of assessment and then compares the characteristics, strengths, and limitations of conventional and authentic assessments. Chapter 2 explores methods used to assess and document the process of learning, such as observation, anecdotal records, and developmental checklists, and presents means of assessing, evaluating, and organizing authentic products of student learning. Issues involved in reporting student progress to parents and administration are examined in the third chapter. Chapter 4 considers the implications of authentic-assessment approaches for administrators and school boards, and summarizes what administrators should know about teachers' requirements to effectively implement new assessment methods. A summary publication is included. The appendix contains an overview of authentic-assessment practices in Oregon. Data were gathered from interviews with 10 educators and assessment specialists.

Language: English

ISSN: 0095-6694