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  1. Taming Montessori: A Century-Old Educational System the Eschews Rote Learning and Regimentation Finds Its Public School Programs Under Pressure in an Era of High-Stakes Testing
    By Linda Jacobson; March 14, 2007
    Description: This article indicates that in many ways, the testing and accountability mandates of the No Child Left Behind law run counter to the beliefs held by Montessori schools about how children learn. A Montessori...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34310 (100.00%)


  2. Family Life and School Life: A Necessary Partnership for Children. Spotlight: Montessori Potpourri.
    By Margaret Howard Loeffler; 2001
    Description: Discusses five Montessori insights about children's development as they relate to family and school life: independence and autonomy community and socialization, interest in culture and morality, preadolescents'...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26799 (100.00%)


  3. Social and Emotional Learning in Montessori Education. Spotlight: Montessori Potpourri.
    By Mark Powell; 2001
    Description: Identifies the dual development of independence and interdependence as a template for thinking about social and emotional education for children. Suggests integrating social emotional, and academic learning...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26797 (100.00%)


  4. The Space-Age Source of Spiritual Nurturing. Spotlight: Montessori Potpourri.
    By Aline Wolf; 2001
    Description: Explores Montessori's concept of cosmic education and recommends expanding it in school curricula. Suggests integration of science about the universe and earth with intuitions about the meaning of life...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26796 (100.00%)


  5. Cosmology and Prehistory: Imagination on the Rise. Spotlight: Montessori Potpourri.
    By Harvey Hallenberg; 2001
    Description: Presents the Maori cosmological perspective and the modern theory of evolution. Explains how these two creation stories can coexist. EJ626893 cosmology Montessori Life v13 n1 p40-44 Win 2001 2001 2001
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26795 (100.00%)


  6. Student Perceptions of Their Elementary Classrooms: Montessori vs. Traditional Environments.
    By Douglas H. Ryniker, Alan R. Shoho; 2001
    Description: Compared fourth- and fifth-grade students' attitudes about their classrooms. Found that students in a traditional public school classroom were more likely to rate their classrooms as being more competitive...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26792 (100.00%)


  7. A Trip to Toyland.
    By Joy Turner; 2001
    Description: Discusses the value of toys as tools to aid children's development within Montessori education. Presents a history of toys from ancient civilizations to modern corporations. EJ635647 trip Montessori Life...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26442 (100.00%)


  8. Toying To Learn.
    By Jerry Selman, Ruth Selman, Victor Selman; 2001
    Description: Describes toys presented at the Tokyo Toy Fair in 1999 that use technology to allow users to take more creative control. Discusses video games computerized toys, toy robots, and high tech learning aids...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26441 (100.00%)


  9. Symmetry and Young Children.
    By Joan Schuler; 2001
    Description: Investigated whether 3- to 6-year-olds in a Montessori school created more symmetrical than asymmetrical designs when working with building materials. Found that symmetry occurred in designs of children...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26438 (100.00%)


  10. Celebrating Montessori's 'Great Work': Our Gift for the Future.
    By Annette Haines; 2001
    Description: Discusses the goal of Montessori education to develop environments for children that support their evolution as human beings. Proposes social moral, cognitive, and emotional developmental outcomes for...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26436 (100.00%)


  11. Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for New Research.
    By Kevin Rathunde; 2001
    Description: Discusses similarities between Montessori method and optimal experience theory. Considers three conceptual similarities between these educational theories: the child as focal point of human society; the...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26435 (100.00%)


  12. Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions.
    By Kay Baker; 2001
    Description: Discusses Montessori theories for development of social moral, cognitive, and emotional dimensions of the human personality during the second plane of development--age six to puberty--as these theories...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26433 (100.00%)


  13. Following the Hand: The First Three Years of Life.
    By Judy Orion; 2001
    Description: Discusses the development of the human hand from birth to age three as it contributes to the formation of human personality. Considers how parallels in eye hand, brain, and motor skill development portray...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26430 (100.00%)


  14. Montessori and Play: Theory vs. Practice.
    By Martha Torrence; 2001
    Description: Surveyed Montessori preprimary teachers concerning attitudes toward pretend play in the classroom. Found mixed feelings among teachers toward pretend play. EJ635684 montessori Montessori Life v13 n3 p8-11...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26413 (100.00%)


  15. Why Play?
    By Martha Torrence; 2001
    Description: Discusses the importance of pretend play for various aspects of children's development and the difficulty for adults especially Montessorians, in understanding such play. Presents views of leading play...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26412 (100.00%)


  16. How Nature Helps Children.
    By William Crane; 2001
    Description: Discusses three major ways in which nature helps children develop. Discusses observations of theorists and researchers including Maria Montessori, that nature stimulates children's powers of observation,...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26411 (100.00%)


  17. Language Acquisition.
    By Silvana Montanaro; 2001
    Description: Discusses pre-linguistic and linguistic stages of language acquisition that are part of a continuum of receptivity and communication every child experiences in the first 3 years of life. Suggests parents...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26156 (100.00%)


  18. Language and the Developing Brain.
    By Lise Eliot; 2001
    Description: Discusses the centers of language in the brain and the critical period for language acquisition. Explains developmental milestones of language development-- receptive language babbling, short phrases,...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26155 (100.00%)


  19. Literary Approaches for the Child under Six.
    By Ginni Sackett; 2001
    Description: Discusses the first plane of development in the context of language work of the age 3-6 classroom. Examines the connections between spoken and written language and explains how literary images reflected...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26154 (100.00%)


  20. Dr. Montessori's Approach to Language in the Second Phase of the Child's Development.
    By Mario M. Montessori; 2001
    Description: Discusses exercises enabling teachers to help 6-year-olds complete the path to total reading and spontaneous writing. The foundation of the exercises is to help children analyze words into sounds; relate...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26153 (100.00%)


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