Montessori students achieve higher efficiency (RT/accuracy) than traditionally-schooled students in the math task¶

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q3 i2 Efficiency computed as RT divided by proportion correct was higher in Montessori students (d = 0.74). → Denervaud 2020

Evidence¶

Denervaud 2020¶

Denervaud, S., Fornari, E., Yang, X.-F., Hagmann, P., Immordino-Yang, M. H., & Sander, D. (2020). An fMRI study of error monitoring in Montessori and traditionally-schooled children. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-020-0069-6

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Independent t-test on efficiency (RT/accuracy) in the fMRI math task: Montessori students scored 3.26 vs 2.46 for traditionally-schooled students, "t(30) = 2.09, p = 0.046, Cohen 's d = 0.74" — a medium effect by the d-based scale.

"Overall, ef ficiency (RT/Accuracy) was higher in Montessori students than in traditionally-schooled students; MM = 3.26, SD = 1.31; MT = 2.46, SD = 0.81; t(30) = 2.09, p = 0.046, Cohen 's d = 0.74"

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