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Master's Thesis
Student Conferencing, Goals, and Perceptions of Success
Available from: MINDS@UW River Falls
Academic achievement, Americas, Goal setting, Montessori method of education, North America, Public Montessori, Three-hour work cycle, United States of America, Upper elementary, Work periods
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative research project was to study how individual student conferencing could impact student’s perceptions of individualized goal attainment. The study took place in a public Montessori elementary school in a suburban Midwestern city. In total, twenty students in grades four through six participated in the study; students ranged in age from nine to twelve years old. Over the course of the study, data was collected through two surveys and individual student conferences in which students were asked to set academic as well as work habit goals. These goals were intended to be worked on throughout a twelve day work cycle, until the students’ next individual conference with the teacher. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through the pre and post study surveys as well as the individual student conferences. The results of this data show that a majority of students in the study report that individual student conferences help them achieve their goals. This study also examined another question regarding how these conferences can inform teaching practices as the teacher gains knowledge and insight throughout the process of surveying and conferencing with students.
Language: English
Published: River Falls, Wisconsin, 2022
Book Section
Percezione e movimento nello sviluppo del pensiero matematico. Le convinzioni e le pratiche degli insegnanti in Italia e in Australia / Perception and movement in the development of mathematical thinking. Teachers' beliefs and practices in Italy and Australia
Available from: Pensa Multimedia
Book Title: La ricerca educativa e didattica nelle scuole di dottorato in Italia
Pages: 131-162
Mathematics education, Montessori materials
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Abstract/Notes: Il progetto di ricerca è uno studio esplorativo mixed-method riguardo la proposta e l’implementazione in classe di attività di apprendimento laboratoriale, che prevedono il coinvolgimento percettivo-motorio degli studenti come strategia di insegnamento della matematica. Nonostante la ricerca nei campi delle neuroscienze e della psicologia cognitiva, e gli studi condotti nel settore disciplinare della didattica della matematica abbiano evidenziato la rilevanza dell’esperienza attiva e corporea degli studenti nell’apprendimento della matematica, spesso l’insegnamento scolastico della disciplina sembra essere lontano da queste prospettive, fortemente ancorato a strategie d’insegnamento tradizionali, prettamente trasmissive. In questo studio, condotto in due contesti culturali molto distanti (quello Italiano e quello Australiano), vengono esplorate le ragioni di una tale distanza tra mondo della ricerca e mondo della scuola, investigando, in particolare, la prospettiva degli insegnanti di matematica di scuola primaria e secondaria riguardo la proposta e l’implementazione in classe di queste attività didattiche. L’indagine, oltre al diretto coinvolgimento degli insegnanti tramite un questionario online e interviste di follow-up, prevede interviste agli esperti nel campo della didattica della matematica e osservazioni in un ristretto numero di classi selezionate. Il lavoro finora condotto si è concentrato sullo sviluppo degli strumenti per l’investigazione di queste prospettive. Dati parziali, che riguardano il punto di vista degli esperti sull’oggetto di studio sono stati raccolti in Italia. Uno studio compilativo dei principali risultati della ricerca che ha per oggetto le pratiche di insegnamento investigate e la presenza di indicazioni ufficiali nei documenti curriculari e nelle politiche educative, nazionali e internazionali, completa il quadro di ricerca. / The research project is a mixed-method study on the proposal and implementation of active learning strategies that involve students’ bodies and movement in mathematics teaching practices. Despite both the research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and in mathematics education has increasingly highlighted the relevance of active, bodily experience in mathematics learning, often school teaching seems to be far removed from these perspectives, still largely transmissive. In this study, carried out in two different cultural contexts (Italy and Australia), the reasons for that distance are explored. The research aims to investigate the perspective of primary and secondary school teachers on these teaching proposals and their implementation in the classroom. In addition to the direct involvement of teachers, through an online questionnaire and follow-up interviews, the survey includes interviews with experts in the field of mathematics education and observations in a small number of selected classes. The work carried out so far has focused on the development of instruments to investigate these perspectives. Partial data concerning experts’ views on the object of study have been collected in Italy. A desk audit of the main research findings concerning the teaching practices under investigation and the presence of official indications in curricular documents and educational policies, both national and international, completes the research framework.
Language: Italian
Published: Lecce, Italy: Pensa Multimedia, 2021
ISBN: 978-88-6760-918-5
Series: Quaderni del Dottorato SIRD , 5
Article
Montessori Education: Teacher Perceptions of Challenges in Transitioning to Virtual Instruction
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 7, no. 2
Date: 2021
Pages: 1-11
COVID-19 Pandemic, Upper elementary
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Abstract/Notes: In 2020, Montessori teachers and families across the world had to adjust as schools were closed because of the rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those working in the Montessori classroom, which typically favors a hands-on approach and limited use of technology, had to devise new ways to engage with students in the virtuallearning environment. How do teachers perceive that the transition to online learning affected their instruction? This descriptive case study examined the ways in which a school’s Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori teachers adjusted their instruction to meet student needs online, as well as the benefits and challenges that the teachers felt they and the students experienced as a result.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
Parents' Perceptions: The Transition of Public School Montessori Students into Traditional Middle Schools
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 16, no. 3
Date: Summer 1991
Pages: 87–97
Montessori schools, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Parent attitudes, Perceptions, Public Montessori
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Doors of Perception: Sensory Integration for Montessori Classrooms
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 32, no. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 231–243
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Reading Achievement and Perceptions Regarding the Multi-age Classroom Environment
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Language: English
Published: Vermillion, South Dakota, 2008
Article
Montessori Education in Japan: Japanese Mothers' Perceptions
Available from: ISSUU
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: Dec 2012
Pages: 20-23
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Language: English
Article
Student Perceptions of Their Elementary Classrooms: Montessori vs. Traditional Environments
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 13, no. 1
Date: 2001
Pages: 45–48
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Master's Thesis
Montessori 교사교육에 대한 Montessori 교사의 인식 [Montessori Teachers' Perceptions of Montessori Teacher Education]
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Language: Korean
Published: Seoul, South Korea, 2000
Conference Paper
Effects of Multigrade Classes on Student Progress in Literacy and Numeracy: Quantitative Evidence and Perceptions of Teachers and School Leaders
Available from: ERIC
Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education (Adelaide, Australia, November 29-December 3, 1998).
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Abstract/Notes: On the basis of a comprehensive best-evidence synthesis of the literature on the effects of multigrade and multi-age classes, Veenman (1995) concluded that there were no significant differences between multigrade and single-grade classes in cognitive or achievement effects. Subsequently, Mason and Burns (1996) challenged Veenman's conclusion, claiming that multigrade classes have at least a small negative effect on achievement, as well as having potential negative effects on teacher motivation. Multigrade classes are used extensively within Victorian primary schools, sometimes by choice but at other times as a result of the combined pressures from staff-student ratios and enrollment numbers at particular grade levels. The issue of their contribution to effective learning is thus a critical, practical one, as well as an interesting research question. Analysis of data from the Victorian Quality Schools Project, a large, comprehensive, three-year, longitudinal study of school and
Language: English