Evaluating Montessori Education

Conceptual split? Parents' and experts' perceptions of play in the 21st century

“…Other researchers have documented similar gains in social and academic development of child-initiated learners over didactic learners (Burts, Hart, Charlesworth, & DeWolf, 1993;Lillard & Quest, 2006;Schweinhart & Weikart, 1997).…”

Environment and Resource Challenges Faced by Early Childhood Development Centres in Gweru Urban High Density Suburbs

“…Some of Montessori"s ideas about child-sized environment which are child-sized furniture and specialised teachers have been incorporated in the Zimbabwean ECD programmes (Lillard and Quest 2006). The Zimbabwean curriculum is eclectic as it borrows ideas from different curriculum models.…”

The History of Base-Ten-Blocks: Why and Who Made Base-Ten-Blocks?

“…Montessori, who also was affected by Naturalism, emphasized the use of concrete materials for teaching number concepts to students (Larson, 2010;Lillard, 2006). Although Montessori's teaching methods with concrete materials were more famous than concrete materials themselves, she developed the first elaborate and systemic concrete materials for mathematics education such as colored bead bars and ten-based bars (see Figure 6) (Larson, 2010).…”