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Improving Creative Ability of Base of Pyramid (BOP) Students in India
Available from: ScienceDirect
Publication: Thinking Skills and Creativity, vol. 36
Date: Jun 2020
Pages: 100652
Action research, Asia, India, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: A study was undertaken to investigate how to prepare Base of Pyramid (BOP) children in India for creativity. The quasi-experiment study involved seventy 5th grade BOP students from two municipality schools in Mumbai, India. The training group students were given Design Thinking training spread over two action research cycles, while the control group received no intervention. The present study reports on findings from the second action research cycle during which the training group received training on divergent thinking skills—skills required for Design Thinking. The data was collected using classroom worksheets and intervention test sheets, and the objective was to find answers to how ideation took place during creative work and whether divergent thinking skills—as a part of Design Thinking training—helped in improving creative ability. The quantitative analysis of The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) inspired intervention test sheets indicated an overall significant difference in creative ability indicator scores of students who received intervention over those who did not. Furthermore, the significant difference was found for figural tasks but not for verbal tasks. The present study also showed how a mixed-method analysis can be useful for capturing socio-cultural elements, measuring relevant idea generation and identifying the need for different creative confidence-building strategies. The study identified language as a barrier for idea expression in the case of BOP students for whom language of instruction at school was different from language spoken at home. The study recommended socio-techno entrepreneurs to use this challenge as an opportunity for becoming stakeholders in creativity skilling for BOP students.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100652
ISSN: 1871-1871
Article
The Multi-age Classroom: Structuring Lessons with Age-Appropriate Activities for Each Student
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: The Science Teacher, vol. 70, no. 3
Date: Mar 2003
Pages: 42-46
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Abstract/Notes: Presents strategies for planning lessons for home-schoolers, science circuses, and summer science programs with multi-age groups of children. Suggests a spiraling curriculum centered on big ideas and varying a common activity in mixed-ability classrooms. Includes examples of activities for multi-age groups. (KHR)
Language: English
ISSN: 0036-8555
Article
Evaluating Student Food Selections After a Nutrition Education Intervention in a Montessori Community School
Available from: The Annals of Family Medicine
Publication: The Annals of Family Medicine, vol. 20, no. Supplement 1
Date: Mar 2022
Pages: Submission 3129
Montessori schools, Nutrition education
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Abstract/Notes: Context: Schools are unique sites for nutrition education interventions due to their ability to provide educational activities as well as meals, allowing for observation of behavior change. Nutrition education and physical activity awareness programs implemented in the school setting have the potential to positively impact students’ eating habits. Eating habits are developed at a young age, but few efforts have been made to deliver and assess education interventions in the pre-K through grade 3 age group. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate student food selections before and after a nutrition education intervention was implemented in a Montessori school. Human Subjects Review: Approved as non-regulated research by the UTSW IRB. Study Design: Retrospective exploratory analysis. Setting: A single Montessori community school with students in grades pre-K through grade 3. Instrument: Aggregate lunch food selection data, including total food items offered and total food items left over, via daily production records. Main Outcome Measures: Records were collected from three school years to compare the food acceptability – the percent of food item taken from the total offered - of fruit (F), vegetable (V), F&V, 0% milk, 1% milk, and all milks before and after the implementation of the intervention program. Food acceptability served as a proxy for food consumption. Results: In all years, fruit (82.88%) and all milks (81.74%) were well accepted by students, but vegetables (62.00%) were not. The study found that from year 1 to year 2, there were statistically significant (p <0.0001) decreases in intake in all categories. This trend continued when comparing year 1 to year 3. Conclusions: Prior studies show that even in successful interventions, when vegetable or F&V intake does increase, changes are minimal. These findings corroborate the difficulties prior studies have demonstrated in changing students’ food selections for the better, particularly regarding vegetable consumption. This analysis of production records showed a decline in acceptability of foods over the three years. It is unclear if these changes are directly related to the instructional program, due to the presence of confounding factors. Future studies should attempt to reevaluate nutrition education and subsequently conduct a plate-waste study for a more accurate representation of food consumption before and after an intervention.
Language: English
ISSN: 1544-1709, 1544-1717
Article
The Montessori Method, Aboriginal Students and Linnaean Zoology Taxonomy Teaching: Three-Staged Lesson
Available from: Cambridge University Press
Publication: The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. 50, no. 1
Date: 2021
Pages: 116-126
Action research, Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania, Zoology education
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Abstract/Notes: This research article addresses an important issue related to how teachers can support Aboriginal secondary school students' learning of science. Drawn from a larger project that investigated the study of vertebrates using Queensland Indigenous knowledges and Montessori Linnaean materials to engage Indigenous secondary school students, this article focuses on the three-staged lessons from that study. Using an Action Research approach and working with participants from one secondary high school in regional Queensland with a high Indigenous population, there were several important findings. First, the materials and the three-staged lessons generated interest in learning Eurocentric science knowledge. Second, repetition, freedom and unhurried inclusion of foreign science knowledges strengthened students' Aboriginal personal identity as well as identities as science learners. Third, privileging of local Aboriginal knowledge and animal language gave rise to meaningful and contextualised Linnaean lessons and culturally responsive practices.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1017/jie.2019.10
ISSN: 1326-0111, 2049-7784
Article
Studying Students in Montessori Schools
Available from: AAAS - Science
Publication: Science, vol. 315
Date: Feb 2, 2007
Pages: 596-597
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Abstract/Notes: In their education forum "Evaluating Montessori education" (29 Sept., p. 1893), A. Lillard and N. Else-Quest do not consider that differential peer influences between their test and control groups of students may contribute to the differences they observed. The authors controlled for parental effects by examining only students whose parents had entered a lottery for entry into a Montessori school. However, the students who were unable to attend the Montessori school because their parents "lost" the lottery were dispersed to traditional schools, where they would have been educated with a majority of peers whose parents did not enter the lottery at all. The differences they found in the academic and behavioral performance of students in Montessori and traditional schools may not reflect the superiority of the former educational approach, but the negative effect of peer relationships in the latter.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5812.596b
ISSN: 0036-8075, 1095-9203
Article
Introduction of Montessori Education to a Remote Indigenous Early Childhood Program: A Study of the Ways in Which Aboriginal Students Respond
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 4, no. 2
Date: 2018
Pages: 33-60
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori method of education, Oceania
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Abstract/Notes: This article explores the ways Ngaanyatjarra students in Australia respond to Montessori pedagogy in a remote Aboriginal early childhood context. The article initially presents key literature pertaining to early childhood education, Aboriginal education, and Montessori education in Australia. The qualitative methodology underpinning the research is subsequently outlined. The approach emphasized in this research is that of interpretivism. The data analysis process highlighted three headings: concentration and engagement, student autonomy, and student independence. The findings of this research indicate the potential for Montessori pedagogy as a viable alternative practice of education for remote Aboriginal early childhood contexts, as Montessori pedagogy may align more harmoniously with the cultural dispositions of Ngaanyatjarra students. Finally, recommendations are presented in light of the research.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
Multi-Age Classes and High Ability Students
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Review of Educational Research, vol. 69, no. 2
Date: 1999
Pages: 187-212
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Abstract/Notes: Reviews research on multiage classroom organization as an option for high-ability students. Studies of cognitive and affective factors have consistently shown positive effect sizes. Discusses conditions under which positive effects are most likely and explores multiage classes as an alternative for high-ability children. (Contains 85 references.) (SLD)
Language: English
ISSN: 0034-6543, 1935-1046
Article
Montessori Mathematics for Students with Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified
Available from: Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang
Publication: Prima: Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika, vol. 6, no. 1
Date: 2022
Pages: 30-39
Developmentally disabled children, Mathematics education, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori is a learning method that uses the surrounding environment as a learning resource. This research is aimed at describing how the Montessori method is applied to Mathematics for students who survive Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The research subjects were PDD-NOS grade V SD students in inclusive schools. The research instruments were documentation, observation, and interviews. The results showed that students with PDD-NOS who have delays in communication can more easily accept mathematics learning using the Montessori method. This is supported by the Montessori concept which allows PDD-NOS students to use lego in learning fractions.
Language: English
ISSN: 2580-2216
Article
Field Independence of Students at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and a Montessori School
Available from: SAGE Journals
Publication: Perceptual and Motor Skills, vol. 65, no. 2
Date: 1987
Pages: 613-614
Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: 82 subjects, ages 7 to 11 yr., from two private schools, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and a Montessori school, were given the Children's Embedded Figures Test. The 48 students of the former (20 boys, 28 girls, M age = 8.98 yr.), who practice the Transcendental Meditation program as part of their curriculum, scored significantly higher on field independence than the 34 Montessori school subjects (17 boys, 17 girls, M age = 8.60 yr.).
Language: English
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1987.65.2.613
ISSN: 1558-688X, 0031-5125
Article
Five Factors Influencing the Students' Motivation to Learn English as a Foreign Language: A Closer Look into Montessori Classroom Environment
Available from: Universitas Lancang Kuning (Indonesia)
Publication: REiLA: Journal of Research and Innovation in Language, vol. 2, no. 2
Date: Aug 2020
Pages: 76-84
Asia, Australasia, Classroom environments, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia
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Abstract/Notes: Good learning environment will bring out qualified students. This study focuses on the Montessori method, which is an approach of education designed to train the students’ independence in learning. The study uses descriptive quantitative research design to describe the factors of Montessori classroom environment on the motivation of students in Royal Prime Montessori Elementary School Pekanbaru in academic year 2018/2019. The sample of study is 55 students selected from five classes. The data were collected using questionnaire and observation checklist. This study found five factors influencing the students’ motivational condition, i.e., teacher’s presence, personal attitude, Montessori materials, classroom conditions and friends’ influence. This study revealed that the students taught with this method are active and cooperative during their English learning activities.
Language: English
ISSN: 2685-3906