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Walk into any bookshop these days and you will find Montessori-labelled books and games galore. Born at the start of the 20th century, Montessori teaching methods have enjoyed increasing popularity in Europe over the past 20 years. But what does the science tell us about the effectiveness of Montessori education compared with other forms of teaching? Is the method, which is now more than 100 years old, still relevant to modern life?

The ABCs of Montessori education

• Founded on a number of key principles, Montessori education believes children will learn better if we entrust them with more freedom.
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  In addition, the Montessori environment enables embodied cognition.

• It would appear that the Montessori teaching method has all of the ingredients to champion a child’s education and psychological development.
• However, up until now, there has been no comprehensive study that has been able to draw any real conclusions about the effects of Montessori teaching methods.

Better grades and social skills

• The results of this meta-analysis show that Montessori teaching methods have significant positive impacts on social skills and school results.
• Compared with other forms of teaching, Montessori’s approach enables students to better grasp social situations, solve social problems, and put themselves in other people’s shoes.
• Various features of Montessori’s approach are thought to encourage the development of social skills, such as valuing cooperation over competition, and encouraging mutual respect and sharing.

Lesser impacts on other (less studied) areas

• For example, the teaching method benefited only very slightly cognitive skills, which include memory, inhibition, attention span, planning as well as IQ.
• This could be because children are more likely to exercise their cognitive skills through school tasks themselves than through a particular teaching method.
• All in all, the impacts of Montessori education on children’s development and learning vary from low to high.

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