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Ancona Montessori Research Project for Culturally Disadvantaged Children. September 1, 1968 to August 31, 1969. Final Report
Available from: ERIC
Academic achievement, Americas, Cognitive development, Comparative education, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Elementary education, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This paper, part of a long term study, reports the effect of a modified Montessori preschool experience on cognitive development, school-related behaviors, and social interactions and perceptions of disadvantaged children. Each of thirty-five disadvantaged Negro children (31 in nursery classes and 4 in elementary classes) was pair-matched with a middle class child. In the disadvantaged group, 17 children were attending nursery classes for the first time. Pre- and posttests were made of cognitive ability, on the Stanford-Binet, Piaget tests of length conservation, and sociometric features. Also, children were rated by testers on performance and by teachers rated classroom behaviors. Data from previous years on some of the children were used in reference to long term change. Part I (nursery school) test results show that neither first nor second-year children significantly increased their I.Q. scores. Both disadvantaged and middle class children scored similarly on task orientation. Middle class children showed more friendship choices forming across social-class lines. Part II (elementary school) results present limited support for the theory that children who continue in Montessori, rather than public, school will show better school achievement. Data included school records of more than 30 children. A future study will investigate diffusion effects on mothers and younger siblings, and testing with measures more directly relevant to Montessori curriculum. (NH)
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C., Aug 31, 1969
Report
Ancona Montessori Research Project for Culturally Disadvantaged Children. Final Report
Available from: ERIC
Academic achievement, Americas, Cognitive development, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Elementary school students, Longitudinal studies, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Parent participation, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This is the final report of the Ancona Montessori Research Project for Culturally Disadvantaged Children begun in 1965 to investigate the effects of a modified Montessori program for disadvantaged children in the preschool and early elementary years. This report deals with the academic year 1969-1970, in which 29 disadvantaged children and a comparable group of 29 middle class children are the central focus of study. In addition, there is a followup on the school careers of disadvantaged children who attended Ancona at one time. A number of hypotheses about the potential effects of the project on the children's cognitive, social development are studied. Part I of the report deals with findings relative to the nursery school children, and includes a discussion of data from three measures of intellectual development (Stanford Binet, WPPSI and Merrill-Palmer) and from tester and teacher ratings of school-related behaviors and attitudes and social interaction. Part II details findings on the elementary school children and followup data on children who attended Ancona in previous years but are now elementary school students in other schools. In addition, data regarding children whose families have had long term involvement in the school is discussed. The appendix includes Ancona school Head Start program ratings of behavior during individual intelligence testing. (MS)
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C., Aug 31, 1970
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The Montessori Approach to Culturally Diverse Curriculum
Publication: Point of Interest, vol. 7, no. 7
Date: Mar 1997
Pages: 1–3
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Language: English
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Using Nature's Teaching: The Montessori Approach to Human Reproduction Explained to the Young Child
Publication: Montessori Talks to Parents Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 8
Date: 1983
Pages: 1-3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0749-565X
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All Teaching and No Play
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 8, no. 5
Date: 1998
Pages: 2–3
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Abstract/Notes: Government plan to increase after-school care
Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
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Teaching on the Move
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 9, no. 1
Date: 1998
Pages: 30–31
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Abstract/Notes: Tobago, Helsinki
Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
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Teaching the Young About Sex
Publication: Montessori Talks to Parents Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 8
Date: 1983
Pages: 6-8
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Language: English
ISSN: 0749-565X
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Teaching Today for Tomorrow's World
Available from: ProQuest - Women's Magazine Archive
Publication: Parents' Magazine and Better Homemaking, vol. 49, no. 9
Date: Sep 1974
Pages: 42-43, 73-74, 76
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Language: English
ISSN: 0031-191X
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What Makes a Good School - and How to Get One: Beware of Gimmicky Innovations; the Essential Ingredient in Good Schooling Is Good Teaching, and That's Where Our Efforts and Our Money Should Go
Available from: ProQuest - Women's Magazine Archive
Publication: Parents' Magazine and Better Family Living, vol. 47, no. 1
Date: Jan 1972
Pages: 44-45, 82
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Language: English
ISSN: 0031-191X
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Learning by Teaching
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1965-1973), vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Nov 1965
Pages: 4-9
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Abstract/Notes: Reprinted in v. 6, no. 3 (Winter 1970-1971): p. 1
Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X