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Conference Paper
The Effects of Nongrading, Team teaching and Individualizing Instruction on the Achievement Scores of Disadvantaged Children
Available from: ERIC
International Reading Association
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Abstract/Notes: In 1968, Clifton Hills Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, adopted the "Supermarket Idea of Learning." This learning theory provided for setting up a learning center in each instructional area with materials and machines of instruction accessible to all students. Additional features to implement the theory included; a) a daily teacher planning period, b) teaching teams, c) elimination of grade level expectation, d) individualization of instruction, e) multi-age and multi-grade grouping, f) large and small group instruction, g) independent study, and h) opportunities for student tutorials. The California Achievement Test was administered to the students every October for several years; it was possible to compare the test scores for fifth grade children in 1967 before the program was implemented with the test scores for fifth grade children in 1971 three years after the program was initiated. The direction and degree of change of mean CAT scores for the 60 children were
Language: English
Published: Atlanta, Georgia, Feb 1971
Article
Autumn and Children Writing
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 72
Date: Jul 2004
Pages: 36–38
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Archival Material Or Collection
The Montessori Method and New York Children
Available from: Online Archive of California
Date: 1910
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Abstract/Notes: A booklet by the New York chapter of the Montessori Educational Association which outlines a plan to open a Montessori school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (New York City). The booklet also includes an "Application for Membership in the Montessori Educational Association" (for the New York chapter).
Language: English
Extent: 15 p. booklet
Archive: Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
Article
Montessori Education: Addressing Special Needs Children in the 90's
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 19, no. 4
Date: 1995
Pages: 19
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Language: English
Article
"The New Children" (Toekomstkinderen) van Sheila Radice [book review]
Available from: Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives)
Publication: Montessori Opvoeding, vol. 3, no. 15
Date: Aug 28, 1920
Pages: 120-
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Language: Dutch
Article
Shady Oaks in California [Montessori Children's House of Shady Oaks, Redding, California]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 6, no. 5
Date: May 1985
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
Equipment for 'A Children's House'
Available from: The Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive - Gale
Publication: The Times Educational Supplement (London, England)
Date: May 27, 1977
Pages: 25
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Language: English
ISSN: 0040-7887
Article
Around Town; Thurs Jan 23; For Black Children
Available from: Independent Voices on JSTOR
Publication: Los Angeles Free Press (Los Angeles, California)
Date: Jan 17, 1969
Pages: 36
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Montessori method of education, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Book
The Child in the Church: Essays on the Religious Education of Children and the Training of Character
Edwin Mortimer Standing - Writings, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Maria Montessori - Writings, Religious education
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Language: English
Published: London, England: Sands and Co., 1929
Article
The Children of the World, with Special Reference to the American Child
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Proceedings of the Annual Session of the Wisconsin Teachers' Association [64th Annual Session, November 2-4, 1916, Milwaukee, WI], vol. 64
Date: 1917
Pages: 299-304
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori delivered this speech at the Wisconsin Teachers' Association annual meeting on November 3, 1916 from 2:50-3:30 pm. The volume also includes note of "2:50–3:30 – The Children of the World, with Special Reference to the American Child – Dr. Maria Montessori, Rome, Italy" and "Substitute - The Progress of Montessori Work in America – Helen Parkhurst, U. S. Montessori Supervisor."
Language: English