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Book
Montessori and Regular Preschools: A Comparison
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Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C.: National Institution of Education, 1984
Book
Montessori at Home: A Complete Guide to Teaching Your Preschooler at Home Using the Montessori Method
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Language: English
Published: Rossmoor, California: American Montessori Consulting, 1988
ISBN: 0-929487-00-1
Book
Beginning French with Preschoolers: A Montessori Handbook
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Language: English
Published: Ithaca, New York: Montessori Workshop, 1980
ISBN: 0-915676-04-4
Article
Preschool Partners with Public Schools for Grant
Available from: Advantage Preservation - Catholic Messenger
Publication: The Catholic Messenger (Davenport, Iowa), vol. 127, no. 3
Date: Jan 22, 2009
Pages: 9
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Language: English
ISSN: 0008-8234
Report
Cognitive Style, Exploratory Behavior and Verbal Fluency in Montessori and Non-Montessori Trained Preschoolers [Preliminary Report]
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Language: English
Published: Ontario, Canada, 1971
Thesis (unpublished)
An Exploratory Attempt to Evaluate the Extent to Which Effects of Montessori Preschool Are Noteable in the Home
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Language: English
Published: Chicago, Illinois, 1967
Book Section
History and Background of Preschool Intervention Programs and the Consortium for Longitudinal Studies
Book Title: As the Twig is Bent: Lasting Effects of Preschool Programs
Pages: 1-31
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Language: English
Published: Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1983
ISBN: 0-89859-271-2 978-0-89859-271-9
Video Recording
What is Montessori Preschool?
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Abstract/Notes: An introduction to the philosophy, psychology, and methodology associated with Montessori education for the preschool child.
Runtime: 11 minutes
Language: English
Published: Burton, Ohio, 1998
Autodisciplina en niños de edad preescolar a través del método Montessori (4-7 años) [Self-discipline in preschool-age children through the Montessori method (4-7 years)]
Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Venezuela
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Language: Spanish
Published: Caracas, Venezuela, 1983
Master's Thesis
Scaffolds and Spelling in Preschool: Using a Movable Alphabet to Measure Early Literacy
Available from: Harvard Library
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Abstract/Notes: Understanding young children’s spelling abilities may provide unique insight into their overall linguistic development as well as assist in identifying children at risk for reading difficulties in ways that typical reading assessments cannot (Chua, Rickard Liow, & Yeong, 2016; Clemens, Oslund, Simmons, & Simmons, 2014; Hofslundsengen, Hagtvet, & Gustafsson, 2016; McBride-Chang, 1998; Ouellette & Sénéchal, 2017). Yet, spelling assessments are not commonly conducted before Kindergarten (age 5) and no normed instrument exists for 3- to 4-year-olds. When spelling assessments designed for 5-year-olds are administered to younger children, young children get lower scores (Clemens, et al., 2014; Puranik & Apel, 2010). These lower scores may reflect their less developed spelling ability (typical development) but they may also be influenced by aspects of development unrelated to spelling: lack of motor ability to write letters, working memory limitations, poor word choice of items to be spelled, and/or insensitive scoring systems (Apel, Wolter, & Masterson, 2006; Clemens, et al., 2014; Diamond, 2013; Puranik & Apel, 2010). These latter possibilities raise the question of what would happen if we controlled these factors. Would a preschool spelling assessment that did not require handwriting and that minimized working memory demands result in higher spelling scores than a handwritten assessment? Specifically, is a movable alphabet spelling assessment a more reliable, valid, and sensitive way of measuring spelling abilities in children younger than 5 than is a handwritten assessment? The present study employed a within-subjects quasi-experimental design in which the spelling of 3- to 4-year-old children was assessed using a movable alphabet and handwriting. Results indicated that (1) preschoolers scored higher on a movable alphabet spelling assessment than on a handwritten assessment, (2) word choice did influence results, (3) movable alphabet spelling scores were a significantly stronger predictor of phonemic awareness and letter knowledge scores than handwritten spelling scores, (4) children were more willing to attempt to spell words with the movable alphabet than with handwriting, and (5) assessment scores were not closely tied to age or measures of behavior. To date, few if any other studies have specifically evaluated the influence of different tools on capturing the spelling abilities of preschoolers. This study expands current knowledge about the influence of motor and working memory scaffolds on the word-building capacities of 3- to 4-year-olds.
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2017