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Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Effects of Modeling High-Leverage Practices on Classroom Management Skills
Available from: St. Catherine University
Action research, Lower elementary, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to see how using High-Leverage Practices with a novice teacher would affect her classroom management skills in a lower elementary, Montessori classroom. Teaching in a lower elementary, Montessori classroom is always difficult as it is a mixed-age environment of first through third grade students. It is also difficult when the teacher is new to the field of teaching. Since many teachers come to teaching from other careers, learning how to effectively manage their classrooms is an on-going struggle. This study focuses on what happens when a master teacher, with more than 20 years of experience, works with a novice teacher who has taught for less than 3 years. The researcher used High-Leverage Practices to model teaching practices in the novice teacher’s classroom based on observed areas for growth. Improvements were seen in the areas selected by the novice teacher, such as giving individual and group lessons, redirecting students who are not engaged, and lesson preparation. Research should continue in this area as there is little history of this practice in Montessori teacher education. Research should also continue to see if the effects of the interventions would be more significant over a longer period of time.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2020
Article
Computers in the Classroom
Publication: CAMT Quarterly (Ontario, Canada), vol. 18, no. 1
Date: Jan 1993
Pages: 8-9
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Language: English
Article
Helping Children within the Classroom Community Cope with Grief and Loss
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: 2004
Pages: 33–35
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Language: English
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Question and Answer: Observation in the Elementary Classroom
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2008, no. 2
Date: 2008
Pages: 59–63
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Abstract/Notes: An article filled with suggestions on how to develop observation habits in the elementary classroom.
Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Courier Classroom: Light and Shadow
Publication: LM Courier
Date: Oct 1986
Pages: 2
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Language: English
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Effects of Community Building Music on Transition Time in an Early Childhood Montessori Classroom
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this action research study was to determine how community building music would affect the transition time in a primary Montessori classroom. The researchers were two female preschool teachers in public Montessori schools. The participants, aged three to six years old, were involved in a daily clean-up time, which took place before the study began. The teachers added a music intervention for four weeks to see if the dynamics of clean-up time would change. The teachers documented the research study using qualitative and quantitative data tools. The data tools included student surveys, teacher journals, a timer log, and a classroom tracker sheet. The intervention findings showed an overall decrease in the amount of time students took to clean up and an increase in happiness and community involvement in the classroom. Future researchers should consider the pre and post student survey be completed on an individual basis. Additionally, increase the length of baseline data collection and intervention.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2020
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Integrating Songs and Activities to Make Peace in the Classroom
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: 2004
Pages: 22–23
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Language: English
Article
Creating a sense of excitement, imagination and wonder in the elementary Montessori classroom
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: Sep 2011
Pages: 11-13
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Language: English
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Why Our Montessori Classrooms Are Computer Free
Publication: Montessori Leadership, vol. 1, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 15–16
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Language: English
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The Prepared Environment: Windows for a Classroom of Sensuous Beauty
Publication: Montessori Leadership, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: 1999
Pages: 35–37
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Language: English