What Makes a School Montessori?
What Makes a School Montessori?
Exploring what constitutes Montessori education from the perspective of parents and teachers led one teacher to focus on extending uninterrupted work time.
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What Makes Mathematics Manipulatives Effective? Lessons From Cognitive Science and Montessori Education
What Makes Mathematics Manipulatives Effective? Lessons From Cognitive Science and Montessori Education
This article presents 4 general principles from cognitive science about ways that manipulatives promote math learning, and offers concrete examples of the application of these principles in Montessori practice.
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Working it out together: Teaching the steps of conflict resolution to preschoolers
Working it out together: Teaching the steps of conflict resolution to preschoolers
A preschool teacher as researcher discovered that when the steps of conflict resolution were taught to preschool children, the number of conflicts resolved without teacher intervention increased, the frequency students sought teacher guidance to solve conflicts decreased, and the number of journal responses that included positive independent solutions to problems increased.
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