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The Impact of Montessori Method on Early Mathematical Competence of Young Children
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Athanasia Siaviki; Eleni Tympa; Vasiliki Karavida; Ioannis Fykaris – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The Montessori method offers an alternative approach to public and independent schooling. In the Greek educational system, the Montessori method is mainly applied in preschool and primary educational contexts. The main research objective was to investigate the early mathematical competence of students aged 4-7 years old attending a Montessori…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Young Children, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education
Longitudinal Academic Achievement Outcomes: Modeling the Growth Trajectories of Montessori Elementary Public School Students
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Mallett, Jan Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Elementary education has theoretical underpinnings based on cognitive psychology. Ideas from cognitive psychologists such as James, Dewey, Piaget, and Vygotsky coalesce to form constructivism (Cooper, 1993; Yager, 2000; Yilmaz, 2011). Among others, the Montessori Method (1912/1964) is an exemplar of constructivism. Currently, public education in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Elementary School Students
Comparison of the Place Value Understanding of Montessori Elementary Students
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Reed, Michelle K. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2008
Schools following the Montessori philosophy use individual and small-group teaching methods and hands-on, concrete materials. This study investigated the understanding of place value concepts and abilities of Montessori students by comparing interview task responses of 93 students in grades 1-3 in a Montessori school (n = 47) and in a mostly…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Data Analysis, Number Concepts, Grade 1
A Comparison of the Achievement Test Performance of Children Who Attended Montessori Schools and Those Who Attended Non-Montessori Schools in Taiwan
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Peng, Hsin-Hui – ProQuest LLC, 2009
There are two purposes of the current study. First was to examine whether or not children in the elementary school in Taiwan who had received Montessori early childhood education obtain significantly higher scores on tests of language arts, math, and social studies than children who attended non-Montessori pre-elementary programs. Second one was…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
Fame at an Early Age
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Carey, Kathy – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2006
This article describes Bob Montgomery's Famous Kindergarten First Graders! project. The aim of the project is to assist his students in learning about each other, to introduce them to digital photography using iPhoto (they participate in a group lesson in editing as well), and to introduce them to moviemaking using iMovie software. The project…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Student Projects
Research into Practice: Interventions for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
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Harlin, Rebecca P. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This issue features seven studies that address affective as well as academic educational outcomes. The first article incorporates teachers' perceptions of the role of technology in supporting English language learners' writing. The second article highlights results for two cohorts of young children served by an Early Reading First program at…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning