Date of Award
5-2015
Document Type
Action Research Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Education, Montessori
First Advisor
Sandra Wyner Andrew
Department/School
Montessori Early Childhood
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to determine whether a progress report that aligns the Montessori materials to child development benchmarks would increase parent understanding of the Montessori materials, as well as give teachers a means of reporting growth that is systematic and consistent. Trial reports were created aligning the toddler and early childhood practical life and sensorial curriculum areas to the state standards. Parents were asked to compare the current reports with the new reports. The postimplementation survey results suggested that 97% of parents better understood the alignment between the Montessori materials and child development and 100% of teachers affirmed the new reports made a clear association between the two. The new reports clarified the alignment between the Montessori materials and children’s development for parents and created a standard measurement tool for Montessori educators with the vernacular to explain the Montessori materials progression to parents.
Recommended Citation
Conway, Erin H. and Fink, Amanda E.. (2015). Aligning State Developmental Standards to Toddler and Early Childhood Montessori Practical Life and Sensorial Materials. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/maed/112
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