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Article
Tricky Waters of the Mainstream: Members Respond to the AMS Strategic Action Plan
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: 1991
Pages: 6–8
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Counting the Pinecones: Children's Addition and Subtraction Strategies
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 17, no. 2
Date: Spring 2005
Pages: 26-28
Action research, Arithmetic, Mathematics education, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: This article discusses an approach designed for mathematics educators. Maria Montessori intended this knowledge to be shared with other teachers, increasing the Montessori community's understanding of children's thinking. A group of Montessorians has even tried to formalize this process with a program called Teachers' Research Network. Similarly, the intent is to share mathematics education research and practices. Specifically, the author would like to suggest the use of word problems to help children build a more abstract understanding of addition and subtraction. In mathematics education, researchers are examining how children invent arithmetic operations in a program called Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI). The author describes the aspects of CGI that are similar to the Montessori tradition. Children use a variety of materials and strategies to solve problems. The role of the teacher is to modify the environment (using a variety of problem types and difficulties) to learn about each child's understanding. By observing how children pursue word problems, the researchers were able to assess what the children understood about operations, looking beyond whether or not they could perform the simple arithmetic calculations. Through quantitative and qualitative analyses, they discovered that children were indeed capable of solving complex word problems, including problems that involved more than one operation, in a variety of ways. The teacher's new understanding of the children's mathematical thinking is then used to vary the types of problems given in order to help children become more abstract thinkers. (Contains 1 table.)
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Girls Like Colors, Boys Like Action? Imagery Preferences and Gender
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 7, no. 4
Date: 1995
Pages: 37–40
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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What's the Attraction? A Study of Popularity in Children under 6
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 15, no. 4
Date: Fall 2003
Pages: 32–36
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Research Watch
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 89
Date: Oct 2008
Pages: 33
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Research Lines on Montessori Education
Publication: MoRE Montessori Research Europe newsletter
Date: 2003
Pages: 1
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Abstract/Notes: "MORE Abstracts 2003? In the past, the debate on Montessori education saw alternating views, in some cases ranging between extreme deconstructive criticism of and complete unconditioned adherence to the principles of the method. Over the last few decades this debate has become more balanced and geared to an explicit reconsideration, at a historical level, of the scientific activity conducted by the Italian scholar and to an actual rediscovery of the educational principles underlying her method. On the whole, however, it is particularly difficult to identify consistent and homogeneous research lines, probably because of a series of variables that contribute to amplifying the complexity of the overall picture within which the debate and the various research contributions have taken shape. This complexity is particularly linked to the diachronic and spatial dimensions within which the various variables may be placed and which, in the Montessori system, take on features of particular expansion thanks to the extension of the temporal arc along which Montessori’s theoretical work has moved (the diachronic dimension) and the exceptional international resonance and dissemination of her work (spatial dimension). Starting from these reflections, the contribution will present some of the current research lines by outlining their basic characteristics with particular reference to the application-experimental field in which of great interest is the research cue and possible applications suggested following a “rereading” of Montessori’s work in the light of the new scientific awareness emerging from studies on the teaching-learning process.
Language: English
ISSN: 2281-8375
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Enhancing the Academic Status and the Research Base of Montessori in the U.k.
Publication: MoRE Montessori Research Europe newsletter, no. 3
Date: 2009
Pages: 20-24
England, Europe, Northern Europe, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales
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Language: English
ISSN: 2281-8375
Article
Little Researchers of the Truth
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 8, no. 2
Date: Mar 1997
Pages: 43–45
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Abstract/Notes: Summary of lecture by Suzanne Palermo at early childhood conference in Mantova, Italy, 1996.
Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
Article
Research Watch: Different Aspects of the Learning Process
Publication: Montessori International, no. 116
Date: Jul 2015
Pages: 42
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
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Research Watch: The Executive Functions of the Brain and How Montessori Practice Can Be Connected to Their Enhancement
Publication: Montessori International, no. 115
Date: Apr 2015
Pages: 40–41
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647