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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136231903321

Autore

Lillard Angeline Stoll

Titolo

Montessori : the science behind the genius / / Angeline Stoll Lillard ; [photographs by An Vu]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

9780199981540

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

371.39/2

Soggetti

Montessori method of education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Translated from the Italian by Claude A. Claremont"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An answer to the crisis in education -- The impact of movement on learning and cognition -- Choice and perceived control -- Executive function -- Interest in human learning -- Extrinsic rewards and motivation -- Learning from peers -- Meaningful contexts for learning -- Adult interaction styles and child outcomes -- Order in environment and mind -- Research on Montessori outcomes -- Education for children.