Research Paper On Montessori Education
Montessori Education versus alternative education; Cognitive Outcomes, Creative outcomes & Behavioral Outcomes
Beth A. Beehler
Metropolitan State College of Denver
PSYCH 4960
Abstract
Introduction
Does Montessori education provide society with children who are better educated? In this senior thesis we will examined several studies in depth to try and pull an answer to this question. Education is multi-dimensional. Education is a complex activity that tests students motivation, and physical condition (Al, Sari, & Kahya, 2012).
Montessori education has been around for over 100 years, and there are over 4,000 Montessori school in just United States (Lillard, 2012). Maria Montessori founded this philosophy in 1907 in the …show more content…
Montessori has been around for over 100 years. Researchers are trying to have a better understanding on the outcomes regarding the development in children who attend Montessori and non-Montessori schools. In the research done by Angeline Lillard in 2012, it was hypothesized that classic Montessori schools would out-perform traditional school in their cognitive outcomes. It was also hypothesized that classic Montessori children would outperform supplemented Montessori programs. Lastly Lillard hypothesized that supplemental Montessori programs would perform better than conventional schools. Lillard wanted to know two things; one, do preschoolers school readiness change from fall to spring as a function of the kind of educational setting they are in (Classic Montessori, supplemented Montessori or conventional). Secondly she sought to find out if within Montessori programs the amount of Montessori materials in the class predicts their readiness skills in the spring, after controlling for fall skill …show more content…
Even though it was hypothesized that Montessori students would perform better drawing realistic pictures, this turned out not to be the case. It was revealed that of all age group; 5, 7 and 9 year olds, the nine year olds did better overall on every task. At age five most of the children were not exposed enough to formal art and were just allowed to freely draw. The Steiner students outperformed the other two educational approaches when it dealt with expressive drawing, but then researchers found there was not a big enough significant difference in the ability to draw representationally related to one type of educational approach. Overall, it was concluded that Steiner 's education approach seems to be more conducive to fostering the ability to draw more expressively (Rose et al., 2012).
We have reviewed the academic outcomes of different educational approaches as well as the creative outcomes of three different educational curricula, we are now going to review the behavioral outcomes depending on what kind of educational system one attends. Like the studies reviewed above, these studies will too have Montessori as one of the educational
Beth A. Beehler
Metropolitan State College of Denver
PSYCH 4960
Abstract
Introduction
Does Montessori education provide society with children who are better educated? In this senior thesis we will examined several studies in depth to try and pull an answer to this question. Education is multi-dimensional. Education is a complex activity that tests students motivation, and physical condition (Al, Sari, & Kahya, 2012).
Montessori education has been around for over 100 years, and there are over 4,000 Montessori school in just United States (Lillard, 2012). Maria Montessori founded this philosophy in 1907 in the …show more content…
Montessori has been around for over 100 years. Researchers are trying to have a better understanding on the outcomes regarding the development in children who attend Montessori and non-Montessori schools. In the research done by Angeline Lillard in 2012, it was hypothesized that classic Montessori schools would out-perform traditional school in their cognitive outcomes. It was also hypothesized that classic Montessori children would outperform supplemented Montessori programs. Lastly Lillard hypothesized that supplemental Montessori programs would perform better than conventional schools. Lillard wanted to know two things; one, do preschoolers school readiness change from fall to spring as a function of the kind of educational setting they are in (Classic Montessori, supplemented Montessori or conventional). Secondly she sought to find out if within Montessori programs the amount of Montessori materials in the class predicts their readiness skills in the spring, after controlling for fall skill …show more content…
Even though it was hypothesized that Montessori students would perform better drawing realistic pictures, this turned out not to be the case. It was revealed that of all age group; 5, 7 and 9 year olds, the nine year olds did better overall on every task. At age five most of the children were not exposed enough to formal art and were just allowed to freely draw. The Steiner students outperformed the other two educational approaches when it dealt with expressive drawing, but then researchers found there was not a big enough significant difference in the ability to draw representationally related to one type of educational approach. Overall, it was concluded that Steiner 's education approach seems to be more conducive to fostering the ability to draw more expressively (Rose et al., 2012).
We have reviewed the academic outcomes of different educational approaches as well as the creative outcomes of three different educational curricula, we are now going to review the behavioral outcomes depending on what kind of educational system one attends. Like the studies reviewed above, these studies will too have Montessori as one of the educational