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Article
American Educational Methods and Some Foreign Innovations
Available from: NewsBank - San Diego Evening Tribune Historical
Publication: San Diego Evening Tribune (San Diego, California)
Date: Aug 24, 1915
Pages: 4
Americas, International Montessori Training Course (3rd [course 1], Los Angeles and San Diego, USA, May - July 1915), Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Panama-California Exposition (1915, San Diego, California), Montessori method of education - Teacher training, North America, Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916, San Diego, California), United States of America
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Language: English
Report
Preschool Education for Inner-City Children: Preliminary Results of an Experimental Montessori Programme
Available from: ERIC
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Abstract/Notes: Early results from a Montessori nursery program initiated by Toronto, Canada, in 1971, to help inner-city children prepare for formal education indicate that the mothers of the 15 three- and four-year-old children were pleased with the program. Specifically, they felt that the children had increased their verbal skills, preparedness for junior kindergarten, and social maturity. However, not all mothers were pleased with the increased independence shown by some of the children. A study of the children's characteristics suggested that caution should be exerted in extrapolating the findings from other so-called disadvantaged children to inner-city children in one's own city. Other data are useful but the needs of a particular population must be carefully observed. When isolating deficiencies or identity needs, wholesale generalizations from superficial measures should not be made. Precise and explicit definitions should be made for such terms as deficient in language, intellectual motivation, or conceptual ability. Otherwise inadequate solutions are likely to result. (JS)
Language: English
Published: Toronto, Canada, Nov 1971
Article
Expanding Montessori Education - Children's House of Montessori School in New Orleans to include students through the fourth grade
Publication: New Orleans Magazine, vol. 20
Date: 1986
Pages: 24
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Language: English
ISSN: 0894-4555
Article
Some Educational Benefits of Freely Chosen Age Mixing among Children and Adolescents.
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Phi Delta Kappan, vol. 80, no. 7
Date: Mar 1999
Pages: 507-512
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Abstract/Notes: Observation of 200 children ages 4 to 19 attending a Massachusetts nongraded alternative school disclosed substantial age mixing. Younger children used older children to develop skills and acquire knowledge. Age mixing encouraged opportunities for creativity, helped match abilities, and fostered older children's sense of responsibility for younger children. (MLH)
Language: English
ISSN: 0031-7217
Doctoral Dissertation
A Comparison of Traditional vs. Montessori Education in Relation to Children's Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Prosocial Behavior
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Academic achievement, Americas, Caribbean, Comparative education, Elementary education, Latin America and the Caribbean, Montessori schools, Puerto Rico, Student attitudes
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Abstract/Notes: The present study compares elementary school children from Traditional and Montessori programs. The purpose is to investigate how different educational philosophies and teaching methods affect perceived levels of self-esteem, self-efficacy, prosocial behavior and aggressive behavior in children. The participants in this study consisted of second through sixth grade students who were attending Montessori and Traditional schools since the age of five, or earlier. All children completed the Washington Self-Description Questionnaire (WSDQ), three subscales of the Children's Multi-dimensional Self-Efficacy Scales (i.e., academic achievement, self-regulated learning, & social), the Physical and Verbal Aggression Scale, and the Prosocial Behavior Scale. No significant differences were revealed between the Montessori and Traditional programs in relation to the children's perceived levels of self-esteem, self-efficacy for academic achievement, self-efficacy for self-regulated learning, social self-efficacy, or prosocial behavior. However, the Montessori children reported significantly lower levels of physical/verbal aggression than the Traditional children. Moreover, as Montessori children develop a heightened ability to work within a group of peers, they seem to develop lower levels of physical/verbal aggression, which was not found among Traditional children. Furthermore, Montessori children's perceived ability to make and keep friends of the same gender was found to significantly improve with increased years in the program, which was not found in the Traditional method. For Montessori children, their perceived ability to work together in a group was found to be positively associated with heightened levels of self-efficacy for academic achievement and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning. Furthermore, the Montessori children's levels of self-esteem were correlated significantly with their perceived levels of self-efficacy for academic achievement and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning. Although Traditional children were also found to gain self-efficacy for self-regulated learning through working together at young ages, as they proceed to higher grade levels, their self-efficacy for self-regulated learning decreased.
Language: English
Published: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002
Article
A Comparative Study of Sensory Training in Early Childhood Education Programs
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1990, no. 1
Date: 1990
Pages: 16–20
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Book Section
Montessori and the Reformation of the American Educational System for the 21st Century
Book Title: Education for the 21st Century [AMI International Study Conference Proceedings, presented by AMI/USA, July 30 to August 4, 1988, Washington, D.C.]
Pages: 80-84
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Language: English
Published: [Rochester, New York]: Association Montessori International of the United States, 1989
Article
The First Lady of Education
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: History of Education Journal, vol. 4, no. 4
Date: 1953
Pages: 124-128
Maria Montessori - Biographic sources
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Language: English
ISSN: 0162-8607
Article
Dr. Montessori, in Brooklyn Institute, Lectures on Her Life Work and Educational Methods
Available from: Newspapers.com
Publication: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York City)
Date: Dec 12, 1913
Pages: 1
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education - Study and teaching, Montessori method of education - Teachers, Montessori method of education - Teachers, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Accompanied by a large photo of the "Graduates of First International Montessori Training Course in Rome - 1913" and a few other photos of children using the Montessori materials.
Language: English
Article
Mario Montessori, Educationist, Dead
Available from: ProQuest - Historical Newspapers
Publication: Times of India (Mumbai, India)
Date: Feb 19, 1982
Pages: 9
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Language: English