Scholarly Articles (Downloads)
Evaluating Montessori Education
Angeline Lillard and Nicole Else-Quest
“The effectiveness of some of these elements is supported by research on human learning. We evaluated the social and academic impact of Montessori education…”
Montessori Education: A Review of the Evidence Base
Chloë Marshall
“The goal of the paper is therefore to provide a review of the evidence base for Montessori education, with the dual aspirations of stimulating future research and helping teachers to better understand whether and why Montessori education might be effective…”
Creative Thinking and Brain Network Development in Schoolchildren
Philippe Eon Duval, et al.
“We found that pedagogy significantly influenced creative performance and underlying brain networks. Replicating past work, Montessori-schooled children showed higher scores on creative thinking tests…”
Differences in Spatiotemporal Brain Network Dynamics of Montessori and Traditionally Schooled Students
Paola Zanchi, et al.
“Our results revealed spatiotemporal brain dynamics differences between students as a function of schooling experience at the whole-brain level. Students from Montessori schools showed overall higher function integration (higher system diversity) and neural stability (lower spatiotemporal diversity) compared to traditionally schooled students…”