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Article
Development of Social, Personal and Cognitive Skills of Preschool Children in Montessori and Traditional Preschool Programs
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 72, no. 1
Date: 1991
Pages: 117-124
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Abstract/Notes: The relationship between time in Montessori and Traditional Preschool programs and the preschool child's develoment of [1] personal skills, [2] relationship with teachers, [3] peer relations, [4] behavioral control, and [5] cognitive skills with age controlled was used to compare the relative effectiveness of the programs. This design was necessary since it is likely that parents who select the Montessori program for their child are different from parents selecting traditional preschool programs for their children. Three Montessori programs [n = 108] and three traditional programs [n = 116] provided the subjects for the study. The Pre Kindergarten Scale [PKS], a multiple choice behavioral rating scale was completed by the programs’ teachers on each child. The results revealed that the only variable significant in predicting time in program for the traditional program, relationship with teacher, was the only variable insignificant in predicting length of time in program for the Montessori program. The strongest relationship was for length of time in the Montessori program and relationship with peers [18 percent of variance] with age controlled.
Language: English
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
Article
Pretend Play as Twin Earth: A Social-Cognitive Analysis
Available from: ScienceDirect
Publication: Developmental Review, vol. 21, no. 4
Date: 2001
Pages: 495-531
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Abstract/Notes: Pretend play appears to be important to a theory of mind, but exactly how or why has been controversial. One widely entertained hypothesis about why pretense is important to understanding minds is termed the Metarepresentational Model. According to this model, children knowingly consider and manipulate mental representations during pretense. Children appreciate these mental representations as such and later come to apply their understanding of mental representation outside of pretense domains. This article reviews evidence relevant to the metarepresentational model, and it is concluded that the evidence does not support it. Alternative models of the relationship between pretense and theory of mind are reviewed, culminating in a proposed developmental model of the relation. The Twin Earth model proposes specific relations between pretend play and understanding minds, from the ontogenesis of pretense to the later emergence of role play and mental representational understandings of pretense. Central to the proposal is the supposition that pretend play functions for children in much the way that Twin Earth functions for philosophers—by allowing for participation in and reasoning about nonactual situations.
Language: English
ISSN: 0273-2297
Article
Social Interaction in Nursery Schools
Available from: APA PsycNET
Publication: Developmental Psychology, vol. 9, no. 3
Date: 1973
Pages: 319-325
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Abstract/Notes: Compared the frequencies of peer and adult social interactions, the mean durations of social interactions, and the amounts of negative behaviors of 3-, 4-, and 5-yr-old children of both sexes (N = 131) in a Montessori nursery school, a university laboratory preschool, and a parent cooperative nursery school. The total amount of social interaction, the amount of peer interaction, and the duration of the average social interaction increased with age. The Montessori Ss differed from the Ss in the other 2 schools in amount of peer interaction and in duration of the average interaction in the same direction as older Ss differed from younger Ss. This finding suggests that teacher ratio and age distribution factors enhance the development of social interaction skills in Montessori nursery school children.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1037/h0034984
ISSN: 1939-0599, 0012-1649
Article
Assisting Toddlers and Caregivers During Conflict Resolutions: Interactions that Promote Socialisation
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Childhood Education, vol. 75, no. 1
Date: Oct 1998
Pages: 25-30
Article
Social and Emotional Adjustment of First Grade Children with and without Montessori Preschool Experience
Available from: APA PsycNET
Publication: Child Study Journal, vol. 11, no. 4
Date: 1981
Pages: 231-246
Comparative education, Efficacy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Social and emotional behaviors of 56 Ss with and without Montessori preschool experiences as 3-, 4-, and 5-yr-olds were assessed upon entrance into 1st grade. Social and emotional behaviors were rated with the Classroom Behavior Inventory (CBI) by independent researchers and teachers. Self-concept of the selected sample of children was assessed using the Inferred Self-Concept Scale. The observed social and emotional behaviors were correlated with the children's scores on the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) to examine possible relationships between social and emotional behaviors and achievement level. No differences in social and emotional behaviors of Ss entering 1st grade with and without the Montessori preschool experiences were observed. Nor were there any differences in the self-concept of Ss with and without the preschool experience. Positive task-oriented behaviors as observed with the CBI were found to be positively related to achievement level as measured by the MRT. (16 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Language: English
ISSN: 0009-4005
Article
Peer Social Skills in Toddlers: Competencies and Constraints Illustrated by Same-Age and Mixed-Age Interaction
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Child Development, vol. 61, no. 3
Date: Jun 1990
Pages: 838-848
Article
Social Participation of Preschool Children in Same- versus Mixed-Age Groups
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Child Development, vol. 52, no. 2
Date: Jun 1981
Pages: 644-650
Article
Social Work in Family Life Enrichment: The Children of Alcoholics - A Montessori Approach
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 16, no. 1
Date: 1978
Pages: 1-14
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Master's Thesis
Impact of Social Emotional Learning in an Urban Public Montessori School
Available from: MINDS@UW River Falls
Americas, Montessori method of education, North America, Public Montessori, Social emotional learning, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study is to discover the impact a social-emotional learning program may have on an Upper Elementary Montessori Classroom. The study was motivated by the researcher’s experience of seeing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, online schooling and of local community unrest on the students. The design included first asking participants to take a survey for the purpose of obtaining baseline data on their emotion management and problemsolving skills. Next, the researcher implemented eight weeks of a social emotional established curriculum called, Second Step in an Upper Elementary Montessori classroom. Throughout the study, the researcher collected data on students’ struggles with solving problems independently with a basic quantitative instrument and using a qualitative narrative instrument. Finally at the close of the eight-week study, the students took a post-survey to determine if the program had an impact on the students’ ability to problem solve and manage their emotions. However, due to limitations of the study, the researcher could not draw specific conclusions yet the study did yield other benefits.
Language: English
Published: River Falls, Wisconsin, 2022
Article
Social; Mrs. Ralph H. Smith has opened...
Available from: Newspapers.com
Publication: Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California)
Date: Dec 6, 1917
Pages: 8
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Mrs. Ralph H. Smith has opened a school at her home on Morrissey avenue, where the Montessori method will be used in teaching children between the ages of two and a half and six. The Montessori method and materials will be utilized entirely.
Language: English