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The Best for the Youngest: The Path toward Unity
Author: Black, Connie
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Misconceptions,Poverty,Partnerships in Education,Outreach Programs,Quality of Life,Interdisciplinary Approach,Health Promotion,Well Being,Family Involvement,Adolescent Development,Adult Literacy,Cooperatives,Hispanic Americans,Access to Education,Family Programs,Elementary Secondary Education

In this three-part article, Molly O'Shaughnessy gives the first principles that break down the myths of poverty and discusses the actual community partnerships that impact the poverty cycle and make Montessori education accessible for all children. Next, Connie Black writes about the education process and outreach programs at the Montessori Center of Minnesota where interdisciplinary teams engage the entire family to make a positive change in the quality of life. Finally, Roxana Linares describes her center, Centro, which emphasizes health, well-being, family engagement, adolescent (youth) development, adult literacy, self-help, and family cooperatives in a Hispanic community. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Montessori from Birth to Six: In Search of Community Values,&quot; Minneapolis, MN, November 7-10, 2013.]
Measuring Students&apos; Interest towards Engineering in Technical School: A Case Study
Author: Radzi, Nurul Asyikin Mohamed
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Interests,Engineering,Technical Institutes,Measurement,Intervention,Student Surveys,Gender Differences,Secondary School Students,STEM Education,Units of Study

Estimating from the steady declining rate of engineering students in Malaysia, the country is predicted to be short of 236,000 engineers and technical personnel to achieve its 2020 Mission. Hence, it has built the first technical MARA Junior Science College that introduced engineering to lower secondary students. However, there is yet a study on whether or not it helps the students to increase their interests in engineering. Therefore, in this paper, a survey has been conducted to first and foremost investigate the technical students' interests in engineering as well as finding out the reasoning from those who are not interested in engineering. After that, a half day engineering program is introduced with a measurement on the interest in engineering before and after the intervention is held. Finally, the survey studies which field of engineering the students are most interested in. The results show that, before the program is introduced, only 8.47% of the technical students have shown high interests in engineering field with only 7.5% female students are interested in engineering compared to 18.42% for male students. After the program is introduced, as high as 33.05% students rated their interest in engineering field as 'most interested', with 39.47% in male students and 30% in female students. It proves that an engineering event is crucial in increasing students' interests in engineering. It also concludes that Electrical Engineering is the most favourite field of engineering with percentage score of 38.98%, while Electrical Power being the least.
The Infant-Parent Class: Maximizing Outcomes
Author: Moudry, Sarah
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Infants,Montessori Method,Young Children,Parent Participation,Observation,Educational Environment,Child Development,Language Acquisition,Parent Role,Psychomotor Skills,Parent Child Relationship

The infant-parent class offers the school's first opportunity for a prepared environment and utilizes observation as an important tool for parents. Purposeful work is given to both parents and their young children. Montessori principles, such as teaching sensitive periods for language and movement, convey one activity at a time for bringing parents in touch with their child's point of view. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Montessori from Birth to Six: In Search of Community Values,&quot; Minneapolis, MN, November 7-10, 2013. [
Combining Program Visualization with Programming Workspace to Assist Students for Completing Programming Laboratory Task
Author: Elvina, Elvina
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visualization,Programming,Computer Science Education,Intelligent Tutoring Systems,Protocol Analysis,Programming Languages,Novices,Introductory Courses,Undergraduate Students

Numerous Program Visualization tools (PVs) have been developed for assisting novice students to understand their source code further. However, none of them are practical to be used in the context of completing programming laboratory task; students are required to keep switching between PV and programming workspace since PV's features are considerably limited for developing programming solution from scratch. This paper combines PV with programming workspace to handle such issue. Resulted tool (which is named PITON) has 13 features extracted from PythonTutor (a program visualization tool), PyCharm (a programming workspace), and student's feedbacks about PythonTutor. According to think-aloud and user study, PITON is more practical to be used than a combination of PythonTutor and PyCharm. Further, its features are considerably helpful; students rated these features as useful and frequently used.
Local Wisdom-Oriented Problem-Solving Learning Model to Improve Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability
Author: Parwati, Ni Nyoman
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Skills,Problem Solving,Grade 5,Elementary School Students,Pretests Posttests,Factor Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Mathematics Tests,Teaching Methods,Mathematics Instruction,Correlation,Models,Foreign Countries,Indigenous Knowledge,Quasiexperimental Design,Comparative Analysis,Direct Instruction

The aim of this study was to describe and to test the effect of learning model (problem solving learning model oriented toward Balinese local wisdom (PSBLW) Vs Direct Instruction Model (DI)) and type of mathematics problems (open and closed problems) on the ability to solve mathematics problem of the fifth-grade students of elementary in Singaraja Bali. This quasi-experimental research used non-equivalent control group design with pretest and posttest. The data were analyzed with factorial 2 × 2 analysis of covariance (Ancova). The sample consisted of the fifth-grade students of Elementary School with the total of 152 students spread into 4 classes. The sample was selected by cluster random sampling. The data were collected using mathematics problem solving ability test at the 5% significance level (a = 0.05). The statistical analysis was done with the aid of SPSS 16.0 for Windows. The results showed that (1) the ability, may to solve mathematics problems of the students who learned through PSBLW is higher than those who learned through direct instructional model; (2) the students' ability to solve problems facilitated with open mathematics problems was higher than that with closed mathematics problems; and (3) there is effect of interaction between learning model and problem type on problem solving ability. The conclusion is local wisdom-oriented problem-solving learning model effective to improve mathematical problem-solving ability.
Using Volume of Concept in the Class Environment
Author: Gülen, Salih
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scientific Concepts,Mixed Methods Research,Structured Interviews,Concept Formation,Science Instruction,Student Attitudes,Grade 6,Grade 7,Teaching Methods,Concept Mapping,Foreign Countries

One of the tools that indicate the relationship between concepts is the volume of concept. Volume of concept is displayed that the relations between the concepts of the subject are exhibited in a meaningful harmonious and circular manner in a certain order. The purpose of this research; to be able to determine the usefulness volume of concept, from association tools of concept, in educational process. A mixed method was used in this study. Frequency and percentage values were calculated using comparative samples in the quantitative aspect of the study. In the qualitative aspect of work was used structured interview form, face to face interviews which were identified to code-categories and analyzed the data. As a result of the work, students had difficulty in drawing the volume of concept but they had expressed that the volume of concept was clearer. Moreover, it was determined that the rate of preference volume of concept during the exam was low. It can be said that use of the ready-made form of the volume of concept was increases although a small proportion of students prefer concept volume when presented in the same way with another tools. Various suggestions have been made as a result of the research.
A Study on the Influence of Korean Middle School Students&apos; Relationship through Science Class Applying STAD Cooperative Learning
Author: Kim, Dongryeul
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Middle School Students,Secondary School Science,Science Education,Cooperative Learning,Social Networks,Network Analysis,Interpersonal Communication,Group Dynamics,Females,Pretests Posttests,Questionnaires

In order to find out the influence of Korean Middle School Students' relationship by science class applying STAD cooperative learning, this study conducted a social network analysis and sought to analyze the communication networks within the group and identified the change process of the type. The subject of this study was 30 students of the second grade at the girls' middle school located in Korea's Metropolitan City. For five weeks, science class applying STAD Cooperative Learning was implemented in the 'reproduction and generation' chapter. First, the class social network analysis showed that all the prices of density, degree centrality, closeness centrality, and betweenness centrality have risen after science class applying STAD Cooperative Learning. Also, the classroom's relationship index has improved. In other words, STAD Cooperative Learning encouraged interaction among students. Second, in order to research popularity, students' centrality analysis through the class social network analysis showed that top-ranked students' values of density, degree centrality, closeness centrality, and betweenness centrality appeared commonly high after science class applying STAD Cooperative Learning. Third, the analysis of the communication network change within six groups showed that all channel type appeared most often and circle type also appeared anew after science class applying STAD Cooperative Learning. In other words, it was possible to exchange information freely and communicate with all members of the group through STAD Cooperative Learning.
Blending Differing Perspectives of Parents and Guides: Meeting Parents Where They Are and Bringing Them along on the Journey
Author: Joyce, Maura
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Parent Education,Questionnaires,Feedback (Response),Parent Teacher Cooperation,Parent Teacher Conferences,Outcomes of Education,Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Interpersonal Competence,Communication Strategies,Elementary Secondary Education

Maura Joyce's clear approach to initiating parent education is to recognize where the parents are on their own journey as parents. By listening to the parents' hopes, fears, and desired outcomes for their children acknowledges the family's perspective and brings mutuality into a shared community. Maura Joyce encourages the use of questionnaires and feedback and gives specific exercises to implement parent education, open communication, and ease parents' anxieties. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;The Montessori Oasis: Prepared Pathways for a Sustainable School Community,&quot; Columbia, MD, October 3-6, 2013.]
Community: A Hallmark of Our Approach
Author: Black, Connie
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Spiritual Development,Sense of Community,Student Development,Educational Practices,Institutional Mission,Educational Philosophy,Educational Strategies,Educational Objectives,Elementary Secondary Education

All the basics of the Montessori prepared environment are put into an extraordinary context of community and nurturing through personal encounter. The article emphasizes the longitudinal impact of an intentional community that results in character and concentration and looks to the spiritual attributes of the child in relation to the tangible parts of the prepared environment. Connie Black advises us that spiritual development entails appropriate love, respect, security, and generosity. Correlating achievement with the teacher's understanding of community and the prepared environment, the harmony of the Children's House is the point of origin for social and moral development. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;The Montessori Oasis: Prepared Pathways for a Sustainable School Community,&quot; Columbia, MD, October 3-6, 2013.]
Children&apos;s House: The Prepared Environment as an Oasis
Author: Ferreira, Cheryl
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Educational Philosophy,Educational Principles,Educational Practices,Educational History,Classroom Environment,Classroom Design,Outdoor Education,Outcomes of Education,Child Development,Elementary Secondary Education

Cheryl Ferreira vigorously pursues the Montessori principles that are implicit for preparing a classroom where &quot;children find all that is needed to work at self-formation and to maximize their inner potential.&quot; The Montessori philosophy is precisely conveyed as Cheryl Ferreira details the specific elements and principles, both physical and social, that make a powerful prepared environment. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;The Montessori Oasis: Prepared Pathways for a Sustainable School Community,&quot; Columbia, MD, October 3-6, 2013.]
Community, Freedom, and Discipline in a Caring Montessori Environment
Author: McNamara, John
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Caring,Elementary School Students,Middle School Students,Child Development,Adolescent Development,Student Attitudes,Letters (Correspondence),Speeches,Outcomes of Education,Community,Freedom,Graduates,Educational Attitudes

John McNamara's historically rich descriptions of his adolescent community life in one school where he taught the same children from grade one to grade eight sends a warm message of the merge of elementary and middle-school personalities as they are beginning to understand the wonder of growing up. Their letters and speeches remember the impact of their Montessori community as they look at their own knowledge and humanity. His students speak simple truths about how their school made them comfortable with themselves, their classmates, and their work in the past and present and for the future. [This is an update of an article first printed in &quot;The NAMTA Journal&quot; 31.1 (2006, Winter): 69-77.]
Students&apos; Internet Access, Internet Self-Efficacy, and Internet for Learning Physics: Gender and Grade Differences
Author: Suana, Wayan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Internet,Self Efficacy,Physics,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Science Education,Nonparametric Statistics,Statistical Analysis,Student Surveys,Access to Information,Grades (Scholastic),Student Attitudes,Secondary School Science,High School Students,Urban Areas

This paper aims to analyze the differences between internet facilities, internet usage purposes, internet self-efficacy (ISE), and internet perceptions in learning physics, regarding students' gender and grade. A total of 798 senior high school students were surveyed randomly from 10 schools in the urban area of Lampung Province, Indonesia. The data were analyzed with Chi-square tests, t-test and ANOVA test for parametric, and Mann-Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test for nonparametric. The results showed that by gender, female students were better at the ownership of computers and internet access via mobile phones. For the purpose of accessing internet, they were also identified more frequently in using internet for academic purposes, social media, and doing physics homework. Additionally, females were better at the perception about the benefit of the internet in learning physics. Besides, males were higher in using internet for entertainment and accessing physics' video and animation. For experience and frequency in accessing internet and ISE, there were no significant gender differences found. Meanwhile, the differences were found between grades in some general usage as well as in ISE. Overall, the higher the students' grade, the greater the percentage of students who use them, except in internet perception.
Montessori All Day: Gracious Living with Children beyond the Hours of a Typical School Day
Author: Black, Connie
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Method,Educational Environment,School Schedules,Educational History,Child Development,Early Childhood Education,Educational Practices,Play,Interpersonal Relationship,Experiential Learning,Outdoor Education

Connie Black takes a broad view as she makes the case for the all-day Montessori. She assembles Montessori historical literature to give authenticity to a full-day program that is true to Montessori's &quot;aid to life.&quot; The Montessori prepared environment provides &quot;care&quot; day in and day out and includes a focus on practical life as routine. In the context of the whole community, the all-day program becomes embedded in the real life of a home. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Montessori from Birth to Six: In Search of Community Values,&quot; Minneapolis, MN, November 7-10, 2013.]
An Overview of Family Star Montessori School
Author: Trierweiler, Ginny
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Preschool Education,Infants,Toddlers,Family School Relationship,Ancillary School Services,Medical Services,Special Education,Home Schooling,Child Care Centers,Parent Education

Family Star Montessori School is well acquainted with &quot;under-three&quot; child care having served 3000 children over the last twenty-three years. Many of the children come from below the poverty line and bring strong diversity to the enrollment of the program. More than half of our faculty are also diverse, coming from Peru, Bulgaria, Honduras, and Mexico, and classrooms are bilingual. Family Star has four Nido classrooms, seven toddler classrooms, and three primary classrooms, and many students are identified as mixed-age ranges. They provide year-round parent and family support, doctor visits, special education, including home-based learning, and conscious community building. This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Montessori from Birth to Six: In Search of Community Values,&quot; Minneapolis, MN, November 7-10, 2013.
Into the City: Near North Montessori School and the Uses of Environment
Author: Mosher, Rick
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Method,Urban Schools,Adolescents,Educational Environment,Experiential Learning,Travel

Rick Mosher's coining of the word &quot;Urbkinder&quot; reminds us that the city provides a broad environment for learning with key experiences being defined by the student's choice of in-depth involvement. Quoting John Long, these city experiences are real, engaging, connected to thought, allow for personal reflection, and rely on the teaching moment. Rick Mosher feels that the urban experience should be clearly differentiated from that of the work on the land, but his characterization of the needs and tendencies of adolescents shows little difference from unfolding development on the farm. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Montessori: Engaging the Human Personality,&quot; Fort Worth, TX, February 29, 2012.]
Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities. Closing the Achievement Gap: The SEER Report
Author: Sobel, David
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Place Based Education,Achievement Gap,Environmental Education,Outcomes of Education,Student Improvement,Scores,Attendance Patterns,Self Expression,Communication Skills,Speech Skills,Mathematics Achievement,Science Achievement,Organizations (Groups),Reports,Foreign Countries

As research today is often required to validate innovative aspects of education, David Sobel's analysis of the SEER report makes quantitative sense of nature education and its ability to improve learning. Test scores increase, attendance surges, language arts assessments show richer self-expression, speaking skills gain a community cause, math engagement flourishes, and students do science and not just study science. Environmental education combined with service learning takes the school into a higher purpose and creates rich learning incentives.
An Overview of the Bachman Lake Community School
Author: Loew, Tom
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Method,Community Schools,Early Childhood Education,Educational History,Educational Practices,Program Development,Parent Participation

Tom Loew says that East Dallas Community Schools have been creating beautiful and functional environments for decades, but developing Bachman Lake Community School was more than creating a school. They also had to establish a community center, scale up staff quickly, service a wide number of families, leverage Montessori training and related costs, and ensure a Montessori approach. Most families at Bachman Lake are below the poverty line, very young, few are native speakers, and some are without immigration status. A mental health component is critical, home visits are frequent, professional intervention happens in homes, parents engage in &quot;reflective service&quot; utilizing licensed counselors, and the school encourages father participation. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Montessori from Birth to Six: In Search of Community Values,&quot; Minneapolis, MN, November 7-10, 2013.]
Resilient Communities: An Ecological Perspective
Author: Wessels, Tom
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ecology,Conservation (Environment),Natural Resources,Economics,Economic Climate,Citizenship Responsibility,Biodiversity,Cooperation

Tom Wessel's view of interdependent local ecologies lays out a conceptual framework for human communities and corporations. His rich examples of biodiversity provide great metaphors for how competition and negative conditions can be transformed by natural cooperation and can lead to self-organized, self-managed natural communities that are sustained by emergent systems and can co-evolve. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled &quot;Nature and Human Development,&quot; Seattle, WA, March 10-13, 2011.]
The Natural World as Prepared Environment
Author: Chawla, Louise
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ecology,Montessori Method,Natural Resources,Environment,Child Development,Conservation (Environment),Citizenship Responsibility,Early Childhood Education

Louise Chawla's autobiographical beginning of this article shows the integration of her world-famous science of the environment and its relationship to early and middle childhood development as it finds its roots in Montessori education. Her academic training brought her to Edith Cobb's writing and unveiled the origins of kinship to the natural world in the developing young human. Her own exploration of nature and culture caused her to return to Montessori writings with a fresh understanding of the natural world as a prepared environment. Louise Chawla stresses that children must frequently encounter &quot;the natural world with empathy and delight&quot; and the prepared environment supports them as they become creative citizens of humanity. [This paper was prepared for the NAMTA Conference titled &quot;Deschooling Montessori&quot; January 25, 2002, in Scottsdale, AZ. Reprinted from &quot;The NAMTA Journal&quot; 27.3 (2002, Summer): 131-148 (see EJ661570).]