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Montessori and Kindergarten System of Education in the Development of Social and Language Skills of Children

Available from: Academia

Publication: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 12

Pages: 17–24

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Language: English

ISSN: 2235-767X

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Edukacja językowa dziecka w systemie Marii Montessori [Language education of a child in the Maria Montessori system]

Available from: Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow

Publication: Edukacja Elementarna w Teorii i Praktyce / Elementary Education in Theory and Practice, no. 6/4

Pages: 12-19

Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Language education, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education

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Language: Polish

ISSN: 1896-2327, 2353-7787

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School Environment and Methods of Teaching as Correlates of Language Skills Achievement of Pre–Primary School Pupils in Edo State Nigeria

Available from: Asian Institute of Research

Publication: Education Quarterly Reviews, vol. 4, no. 3

Pages: 243-251

Africa, Comparative education, Montessori method of education, Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

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Abstract/Notes: The study investigated the effects of school environment and methods of teaching on language skills achievement of pre – primary school pupils in Edo State. It also investigated the interaction effects of Montessori and played methods and urban and rural environments on pupils' achievement in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Three urban and three rural areas which were selected from two Local Government Areas (LGAs) were used for the study. Six pre - primary schools were purposively selected for the study. A total of 228 kindergartens 2 pupils intact classes were used for the study which lasted for eight weeks. The study was a pretest, posttest, quasi- experimental control group design with independent variables as methods and school location while achievement in Language Skills Achievement Test (LSAT) was the dependent variable. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to analyze the data obtained while the Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA) was used as post-hoc test for further significance. Three research questions were answered with three hypotheses, tested at 0.05 level of significance. Results showed that the Montessori Method of teaching pre –primary pupils was more effective than the play method. Similarly, urban school pupils achieved higher than their rural counterparts. There was also a significant interaction effect of methods and school location on pupils' academic achievement in Language skills. It was therefore recommended that the Nigerian Government should adopt the Montessori Method as a dominant method of teaching pre – primary school pupils and that pre – primary school owners should provide materials adequately for teaching and learning.

Language: English

DOI: 10.31014/aior.1993.04.03.335

ISSN: 2621-5799, 2657-215X

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Max: Concern with Social Skills, Language and Excessive TV Viewing in a 3 Year Old

Available from: Lippincott Wolters

Publication: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, vol. 27, no. 6

Pages: 488–492

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Abstract/Notes: Max is a 3-year-old healthy boy who was brought to the pediatrician's office by his mother for frequent temper tantrums at home. His teachers at the Montessori school are concerned about his communication skills. He is very talkative with his peers, but he constantly speaks about Thomas the Tank Engine. His peers seem to be uninterested in his repetitive stories. His teachers believe that Max has difficulty separating fantasy and reality. At home, his mother describes Max as “difficult to control.” When placed in time-out, he hits, kicks and scratches his mother. He has a large vocabulary, but mostly speaks in phrases directly from cartoons. For example, he repeats a particular phrase from a program in which the main character grows in size with fury every time he gets angry and says, “I hate it, leave me alone.” Before this exposure, the mother reports that her son had never used the word “hate.” Max watches 5 hours of children's programs on television every day; he is not exposed to any news programs. Frequently, he watches the same episode of a program many times. Max's mother believes that he can watch as much TV as he wants as long as it is “good programming,” so he only watches PBS kids shows and the Disney channel.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181d83173

ISSN: 0196-206X

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Preschool Experience in 10 Countries: Cognitive and Language Performance at Age 7

Available from: ScienceDirect

Publication: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3

Pages: 313-331

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Abstract/Notes: The IEA Preprimary Project is a longitudinal, cross-national study of preprimary care and education designed to identify how process and structural characteristics of the settings children attended at age 4 are related to their age-7 cognitive and language performance. Investigators collaborated to develop common instruments to measure family background, teachers’ characteristics, setting structural characteristics, experiences of children in settings, and children’s developmental status. Data from 10 countries are included in the analysis; in most countries, the sample of settings is representative of preprimary settings in that country. For the analysis, a 3-level hierarchical linear model was employed that allowed decomposition of variation of child outcomes into three parts—variation among children within settings, among settings within countries, and among countries. Four findings are consistent across all of the countries included. Age-7 language improves as teachers’ number of years of full-time schooling increases and the predominant type of activity teachers propose in settings is free choice rather than personal/social. Age-7 cognitive performance improves as children spend less time in whole group activities and the variety of equipment and materials available increases. There were also a number of findings that varied across countries depending on particular country characteristics. The findings support child-initiated activities and small group activities and are consistent with developmentally appropriate practices promoting active learning.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.07.007

ISSN: 0885-2006, 1873-7706

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Proverbs and Formulaic Sequences in the Language of Elderly People with Dementia

Available from: SAGE Journals

Publication: Dementia, vol. 10, no. 4

Pages: 603-623

Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Gerontology, Montessori method of education, Montessori therapy, Montessori-based interventions (MBI)

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Abstract/Notes: Some types of formulaic (routine and familiar) language seem to remain fairly intact in people with language and memory disturbances, making it a useful tool fo...

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/1471301211413338

ISSN: 1741-2684, 1471-3012

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Peer Effects on Children's Language Achievement During Pre-Kindergarten

Available from: JSTOR

Publication: Child Development, vol. 80, no. 3

Pages: 686-702

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Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01291.x

ISSN: 0009-3920, 1467-8624

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Montessori and Jerome W. Berryman: Work, play, religious education, and the art of using the Christian language system

Available from: Taylor and Francis Online

Publication: British Journal of Religious Education, vol. 33, no. 3

Pages: 341-353

Religious education

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Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2011.595925

ISSN: 0141-6200, 1740-7931

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The Effects of Four Programs of Classroom Intervention on the Intellectual and Language Development of Four-Year-Old Children

Available from: Wiley Online Library

Publication: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, vol. 40, no. 1

Pages: 58-76

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Abstract/Notes: Differential effects of four preschool programs were evaluated through pre‐and post‐batteries of standardized tests. The interventions represent levels of structure along a continuum from the traditional to the highly structured preschool. Results from all instruments differentiated among the programs, and clearly favored the highly structured preschool.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1970.tb00679.x

ISSN: 0002-9432, 1939-0025

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Editorial: A Place for Basal Readers in the Montessori Language Program

Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records

Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 16, no. 2

Pages: 4

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Language: English

ISSN: 0010-700X

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