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Doctoral Dissertation
Improving Early Reading Skills of First-Grade Students with Learning Disabilities Using Montessori Learning Strategies
Available from: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Children with disabilities, Inclusive education, People with disabilities
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Abstract/Notes: This study focused on helping students with learning disabilities to improve their listening comprehension and acquire early reading skills of decoding, reading and understanding what a word and two- or -three-word phrases say. Since reading at the advanced stage involves comprehension of sentences and paragraphs, in this study, building the foundation of reading at the word level is the logical place to start. With that skill in place, combining words into a phrase and understanding what it means will be the next step. Meanwhile, helping the students understand what was read to them through questioning builds their listening comprehension skills, which will be a great help in reading comprehension once the students have advanced enough to read sentences and paragraphs. The target group used for this study included six 1st graders with learning disabilities, who had difficulties with reading and comprehending. These 1st graders with learning disabilities were not taught one-on-one due to large class size. They had no knowledge of phonics. They could not relate the sounds they heard to the letters of the alphabet. The curriculum-based assessment (CBA) model was the alternative assessment model that was used to assess the students. The 12-week intensive study focused on two variables: a dependent variable and an independent variable. The dependent variable was reading at the word and phrase level, and the independent variable was word sound, blending vowels, consonant blending, and consonant and vowel blending. The scientific methodology was the single subject model, a 1-minute assessment. Each student was assessed for 1 minute each day for 3 days. The results of the assessment were used to determine the baseline before the intervention implementation. This methodology is also known as "AB Design." AB refers to a two-phase design, the baseline phase and the intervention phase. The intervention phase was introduced after the baseline phase was established and recorded in data format. Intervention data were recorded as well. The data collected were graphed in two phases. The results showed that the students were able to learn how to read and acquire comprehension within the 12 weeks. The reading strategies that were used in this study were based on Montessori's methods, which is a methodology in learning how to decode words which leads to automatic reading. These strategies are being used in Montessori schools throughout Dade County public schools, but not particularly with special education students. The results of this study were positive.
Language: English
Published: Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003
Video Recording
Montessori: A Core Curriculum for Hearing Impaired Children with Learning Disabilities
Available from: US National Archives Research Catalog
Americas, Children with disabilities, Deaf, Hearing impaired children, Inclusive education, Learning disabilities, Montessori method of education, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
Briefs on Learning Disabilities
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: Mar 1980
Pages: 9
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Language: English
Book
Standardized Scrutiny Learning Disabilities Testing at the Elementary Montessori 6-9 Level
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Language: English
Published: [S.I.]: s.n.], 1983
Article
Montessori and Learning Disabilities
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 19, no. 2
Date: 1994
Pages: 151-169
Children with disabilities, Inclusive education, Learning disabilities, Montessori method of education, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Discusses the characteristics of learning disabilities in the areas of coordination, language, attention, and perception, and explains how the Montessori method can be used to educate young children with these disabilities. The method relies on a developmental approach that ensures the child a wholesome environment in which to thrive. (MDM)
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
The Effect of Montessori Therapeutic Educational Program on the Learning Disabilities Child's Math & Language / Montessori치료교육이 학습장애아의 언어 및 수학교육에 미치는 영향
Available from: RISS
Publication: Montessori교육연구 [Montessori Education Research], vol. 10
Date: 2005
Pages: 55-70
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Language: Korean
ISSN: 1226-9417
Mainstreaming the Young Child with Developmental and Learning Disabilities: An Interpretation of Selected Montessori Principles Related to Curriculum Design for an Integrated Preschool Setting
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Language: English
Published: Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978
Master's Thesis
The Contribution of the Montessori Approach to Multisensory Approaches to Early Learning Disabilities
Available from: University of Witwatersrand - Institutional Repository
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Abstract/Notes: Learning disabilities have become of increasing concern for educators. More and more children are having difficulty learning to read and write. This dissertation investigates what constitutes a learning disability, its etiology and whether or not it is possible to identify these disabilities in early childhood. The investigation further aims to discover if these learning disabilities are comprised of sub-disabilities and if these can be identified as such. To this end the research aims to determine the most appropriate remedial intervention strategies used for learning disabilities. Multisensory intervention is therefore explored. On the basis of this the Montessori Method is examined to ascertain whether or not the method can contribute to multisensory intervention at the preschool level. It is argued that the Montessori Method is admirably suited to making such a contribution. Further empirical research for these claims is indicated.
Language: English
Published: Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006
Book Section
Montessori and Learning Disabilities
Available from: Books to Borrow @ Internet Archive
Book Title: Montessori in Contemporary American Culture
Pages: 149-182
Children with disabilities, Inclusive education, Learning disabilities
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Language: English
Published: Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 1992
ISBN: 0-435-08709-6 978-0-435-08709-8
Article
MANO Workshop II 'General Awareness of Learning Disabilities'
Publication: MANO Newsletter [Montessori Association of Northern Ohio]
Date: Feb 1981
Pages: 5
Americas, Learning disabilities, North America, United States of America
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Language: English