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Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Impact of Vigorous Physical Activity on Preschool and Kindergarten Children's On-Task Behavior and Focus
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This study aims to investigate the impact of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity on preschool and kindergarten-aged children’s on-task behavior and focus. The research took place over four weeks in a Montessori early childhood classroom with 15 children aged three to six. Each day, children participated in 12-15 minutes of physical activity, including running, jumping and marching, vigorous enough for them breathe hard. The researcher used both quantitative and qualitative data tools to examine effects on ability to focus and to be on-task during the following two hours. The increased movement had a positive impact on the children’s transition to the next activity and on the rate of children being on task for up to two hours. Continued research is needed to determine effectiveness on focus.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2021
Article
Vychova Na Skolách Materskych Podle Dr. Marie Montessoriové [Education At Kindergartens According to Dr. Maria Montessori]
Publication: Pedagogické Rozhledy [Pedagogical Perspectives], vol. 33
Date: 1923
Pages: 46-50, 176-180, 241-247, 357-361
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Language: Czech
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
Filling the Gap: Phonological Awareness Activities for a Montessori Kindergarten
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This action research was conducted to determine if small group explicit phonological awareness (PA) instruction using materials from Early Reading Mastery (Klein, 2015) and Words Their Way (Bear et al., 2006) would increase students’ ability to segment phonemes (i.e., break words into sounds) and build three letter consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. The research was completed in a full-day public suburban Montessori kindergarten. Data was collected using phonological awareness tests, a teacher adapted spelling test, tally sheet, and researcher’s log. Pre-test data was used to create homogenous small groups for the four-week intervention. Explicitly worded lessons taught PA and phonic skills using traditional and supplementary Montessori materials. Post-intervention data showed an increase in the number of students able to segment CVC words. Establishing a research-based structure of PA lessons and materials has strengthened the researcher’s ability to teach students the foundational PA skills necessary to begin their reading journey. Further research to determine if this instructional practice reduces reading difficulties could be studied.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2016
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
Parent Education: The Effects of Educating Montessori Parents on the First Plane of Development in the Kindergarten Year in a Mixed-Age Classroom
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This study sought the effects of educating parents on Dr. Maria Montessori's first plane of development in a mixed-age kindergarten classroom in Southern California, USA. Students withdrawing before completing the Montessori kindergarten year formed the basis for tailoring an action research project that informs parents about the importance of Montessori's first plane of development through the lens of Parent Development Theory. The researcher first explored past action research on relevant Montessori parent education studies. Next, twenty-five parents from a mixed-age Montessori kindergarten class participated in a six-week study. The research concluded that parents' understanding and valuing of the Montessori kindergarten year or final year in their students' early childhood education increased based on pre-and-post parent surveys and hands-on parent education experiences. The increase in parent knowledge resulted in the participants utilizing tailored information to make informed decisions about their student's kindergarten year on whether or not to keep their students enrolled for the full three-year period of the Montessori program. The researcher developed a more streamlined, focused, and comprehensive parent education plan than before the study began.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Book
The Montessori Method and the Kindergarten
Available from: HathiTrust
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Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1914
Series: United States Bureau of Education Bulletin , 28
Volume: 602
Doctoral Dissertation
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Preschool Experience and the Acquisition of Phonological Awareness in Kindergarten
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: In order to address perceived problems of readiness for kindergarten it is important to know more about the effect of preschool attendance on improving the literacy skills of phonological awareness. The purpose of the study was to explore the possible effects of belonging to a particular ethnic group, attending preschool, belonging to varying socioeconomic groups, and belonging to a group classified as English as a second language on academic progress in phonological awareness. The data set included 134 children who attended kindergarten in the 2000-2001 school year. The children belonged to one of four preschool cohorts: those who attended a preschool using the High/Scope curriculum, a Montessori preschool program, a Head Start preschool program, and children who had not attended preschool of any kind, including summer preschool. Variables included the seven subtests from the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) for the fall and spring of kindergarten, ethnicity, socioeconomic status (free and reduced lunch) and English as a second language classification. Analysis of variance was used for the exploratory study. Exploratory analysis suggested that ethnicity had an effect on a child's scores in the fall and spring of kindergarten in select subtests (spelling, letter sound and summed score). Analysis also suggested a significant main effect on fall scores of all subtests for socioeconomic status. For children classified as English as a second language, analysis suggested order of means for both fall and spring for all subtests was native English and then English as a Second Language. Finally, the analysis suggested Montessori programs had the highest mean score in all subtests. The no preschool cohort was lowest in both fall and spring on word recognition, alphabet recognition, letter sounds, and summed score. A significant main effect attributable for preschool program was noted on all subtests for both fall and spring.
Language: English
Published: Fairfax, Virginia, 2003
Article
Levi-Strauss in the Kindergarten: The Montessori Preschooler as Bricoleur
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 3
Date: 1975
Pages: 1-15
Claude Lévi-Strauss - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
The Montessori Method and the American School, By Florence Elizabeth Ward, Professor of Kindergarten Education, Iowa State Teachers' College [advertisement]
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: American Education, vol. 17, no. 6
Date: Feb 1914
Pages: 387
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Language: English
ISSN: 0002-8304
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
The Effects of a Preschool Program on Kindergarten Achievements
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Montessori method of education - Evaluation, Preschool children, Preschool education
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Abstract/Notes: Funding for Preschool programs has currently become a political agenda being debated in our nation. It is important to give our children an early start to education regardless of socioeconomic status, as it can be beneficial to them as they grow. This study will provide evidence to sway our politicians to fund preschool programs as they positively affect children in their kindergarten year. Historical Teaching Strategies Gold assessment data of 84 randomly selected kindergarten students will provide evidence of the effects of a preschool program. This data was collected from a year in kindergarten and consists of students that have attended a preschool in-district program, students who have attended a Head Start and outsider provider preschool program, and students who have no preschool education. Although this study did not have a significant difference among the groups, the researcher found that students who have attended an in-district preschool program made better positive gains throughout their kindergarten year than students who attended a Head Start and outside provider preschool program and those students who did not have a preschool education.
Language: English
Published: Jersey City, New Jersey, 2022
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
The Power of Play: A Case Study on How Play-Based Learning Can Affect the Oral Language and the Social and Emotional Development of Students in the Kindergarten Classroom
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: With the passing of NCLB in 2001, pedagogy in the kindergarten classroom has changed exponentially. The requirement for a rigorous academic curriculum has replaced the play-based learning that used to be synonymous with the kindergarten classroom. Since the beginning of kindergarten, researchers have worked to prove the importance of play in the classroom and the role of the educator in these play-based learning scenarios. Many studies have found a correlation between play and child development, but this has not been enough to change the minds of educators and school districts across the United States. This qualitative case study explored teachers’ perceptions and classroom interactions during play through a triangulation of data including video recordings, interviews, and observations to explore the effect play might have on the social, emotional, and oral language development of kindergarten students in a district that is already implementing free play centers in the classroom. Varying beliefs among the educators and multiple scenarios of social, emotional, and oral language development skills being used by students during these free play sessions were explored. Key themes that emerged from the data included a range of understanding amongst the teachers, the need for regular professional development on how to implement play in the classroom, and the importance dramatic play has on social, emotional, and oral language development for kindergarten students.
Language: English
Published: Springfield, Missouri, 2022