Montessori

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori. Lillard presents the research behind nine insights that are foundations of Montessori education, describing how each of these insights is applied in the Montessoriclassroom.

Angeline Stoll Lillard is Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. An authority on learning and development, she was awarded the Developmental Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award in 1992 and its Boyd McCandless Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution in 1999.

Preface
1. An Answer to the Crisis in Education
2. The Impact of Movement on Learning and Cognition
3. Choice and Perceived Control
4. Executive Function
5. Interest in Human Learning
6. Extrinsic Rewards and Motivation
7. Learning from Peers
8. Learning in Meaningful Contexts
9. Adult Interaction Styles and Child Outcomes
10. Order in Environment and Mind
11. Recent Research on Montessori Education
12. Education for Children
Works Cited
Name Index
Subject Index