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Classics of Education Sciences: Maria Montessori. Background knowledge and perceived meanings of University students compared to teachers attending Montessori in-service training courses / Klasyka nauk edukacyjnych: Maria Montessori. Wiedza środowiskowa i odkrycie znaczenia w ocenie studentów Uniwersytetu oraz nauczycieli uczestniczących w kursie szkoleniowym Montessori
Available from: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski (Poland)
Publication: Kultura - Przemiany - Edukacja, vol. 6
Date: 2018
Pages: 241-255
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori’s pedagogy is considered a “classics” of Education Sciences. In this contribution, a survey conducted with three different groups of subjects attending University lectures or in-service Montessori training courses is reported. Main research purpose is to discover background knowledge and perceived meanings of each group concerning the Montessori Method and its main characteristics. Data collected from the three groups under investigation are compared to identify the most macroscopic differences and / or similarities. Through the graphs produced, first reflections and conclusions are attempted, at the same time readers are invited to build their own opinions inferring other meanings or conclusions thanks to data and reading tools provided.
Language: English
ISSN: 2300-9888, 2544-1205
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The Correlation Between Active Participation and Metacognitive Ability of Primary School Students Through Montessori Learning Method
Available from: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Dasar
Publication: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Dasar / Journal of Innovation in Elementary Education, vol. 4, no. 2
Date: 2019
Pages: 63-70
Asia, Australasia, Indonesia, Montessori method of education, Southeast Asia
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Abstract/Notes: Metacognitive was the student's skill in the process of acting (activity) and thinking (mental process). This skill could improve their learning process and memory. Student who had metacognitive skill will be able to control and to arrange his learning activity by himself. Active participation was the interaction both physically and psychologically to think, to interact, to try and to find new things in the learning process. The purpose of this research was to find the relationship between active participation and the metacognitive ability of students, especially in elementary school. This research was a correlation study. Population of this research was 5th grade students in SD Negeri 3 Klangenan academic year 2017/2018. Sample was taken using purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by observation and written test. The instruments for active participation was observation sheets and the instrument for metacognitive ability was a multiple choice test that consist of 20 questions. The data was analyzed using correlation technique using IBM SPSS Statistics 16.0 for windows. Based on the data nalaysis, it was obtained was 0.682. At a significant level 5% then was 0.413. Based on value then it showed that there was a positive and significant corelation between active participation and metacognitive ability of students 5th grade SD Negeri 3 Klangenan.
Language: English
ISSN: 2477-3581, 2477-3859
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The Effect of Montessori Technique-Based Big Book to Improve Early Reading Skill and Learning Motivation for Fourth Grade Students in Elementary School
Available from: Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Publication: Xi'an Jianzhu Keji Daxue Xuebao / 西安建築科技大學学报 / Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, vol. 12, no. 8
Date: 2020
Pages: 156-164
Asia, Australasia, Indonesia, Literacy, Montessori method of education, Southeast Asia
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Abstract/Notes: The low level of reading comprehension in elementary school students can certainly affect their learning motivation in the learning process. To overcome this problem, this study aims: to investigate the effect of the Montessori-based Big Book on understanding Early Reading Skills and Learning Motivation. Quasi-experimental design was applied in this study. There were 26 students (14 males and 12 females) from SDN Pucang 4 as an experimental group and 23 students (13 males and 10 females) from SDN Pucang 2 were included as a control group. Data analysis in this study used an independent sample t-test with a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that students in the experimental group had higher scores better than the control group. This shows that the Montessori-based Big Book significantly promotes understanding of Early Reading Skills and Learning Motivation in the experimental group compared to control group students.
Language: English
ISSN: 1006-7930
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Learning from Students, Learning from Music: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Reflected through Music-Perceptual Tasks
Available from: Rider University
Publication: Visions of Research in Music Education, vol. 17, no. 1
Date: 2011
Pages: 1-21
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to investigate young children’s perception of melodic construction in hope of finding clues about their broader cognitive development in nonmusical domains. Following Jeanne Bamberger’s example of musical-perceptual tasks with Montessori bells, four children aged three to six were presented with a melodic construction task and asked to create a representation of their work. Analysis of data revealed common themes with varied results of (a) eagerness or hesitancy to participate, (b) whether bells were moved or played, (c) exploration of bells, (d) internalization of rhythm, (e) cognitive readiness for melodic construction, and (f) role of visual representation. No cross-case findings could be drawn about broader cognitive development, however specific characteristics of the children and their approach to the melodic construction task are presented. Recommendations for further study center on potential clues a melodic construction task could provide about language construction in individual children.
Language: English
ISSN: 1938-2065
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Communication Board as a Montessori Apparatus in Teaching Mathematics to Autism Students
Available from: Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology
Publication: Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology, vol. 7, no. 3
Date: 2019
Pages: 25-31
Asia, Australasia, Autism in children, Children with disabilities, Indonesia, Mathematics education, Montessori materials, People with disabilities, Southeast Asia
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Abstract/Notes: The research of mathematics teachers and instructors is still focused on normal students. Students with special needs are often ruled out. In fact, they also need to learn mathematics. Mathematics is a very basic subject and must be mastered by everyone, including students with special needs. This research is intended to apply mathematics learning to autism students by using communication boards as a Montessori apparatus. Communication is chosen because autistic students have a visual learning style. Furthermore, the learning method is done with Montessori because it takes the concept of learning with the environment, in accordance with the main purpose of learning for autism students to be able to live independently and be empowered in the community. The study used the descriptive qualitative method. According to the research results several Montessori apparatuses have been chosen used including visual schedules, visuals to structure the environment, visual scripts, a visual rule reminder, the visual task analysis, and a choice board.
Language: English
DOI: 10.32919/uesit.2019.03.03
ISSN: 2521-1234
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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
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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
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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
Students Unite for Sustainability
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 35, no. 2
Date: Summer 2023
Pages: 12-13
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Abstract/Notes: In the 5 years since its inception, the group has focused on community service projects and educational awareness programs, regularly conducting environmental cleanup events both on and off campus-sometimes traveling to the local beach to pick up litter and other debris. Hailey Chaiken, a 14-year-old student at SQMS and an Environmental Committee member, described the group as "people that really have a passion for the environment and show that they care because they all work together to create change." Committee members plan to paint and decorate the bottles and often choose earthy themes like flowers and vegetables.
Language: English
ISSN: 10540040
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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