Montessori-schooled students show higher temporal stability than traditionally schooled students in dorsal attention, ventral attention, somatomotor, frontoparietal, and cerebellar networks, but not in visual, limbic, or default mode networks¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? STD differed significantly in the DA, VA, SM, FP, and CBL systems, with Montessori-schooled participants consistently lower (more stable). → Zanchi 2024 q3 i? No between-group STD differences were observed in the visual, limbic, and default mode systems. → Zanchi 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Zanchi 2024¶

Zanchi, P., Mullier, E., Fornari, E., Guerrier de Dumast, P., Alemán-Gómez, Y., Ledoux, J.-B., Beaty, R., Hagmann, P., & Denervaud, S. (2024). Differences in spatiotemporal brain network dynamics of Montessori and traditionally schooled students. npj Science of Learning, 9, 45. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00254-6

q3 · i? · associational · r2

FDR-corrected system-level STD comparisons across the eight functional systems; five systems showed significant group differences with the printed pFDR values reported here and no effect sizes.

"significant differences emerged between Montessori- and traditionally schooled participants in the DA ( pFDR = 0.020), VA ( pFDR < 0.001), somatomotor (pFDR < 0.001), FP (pFDR = 0.020), and CBL ( pFDR = 0.020) functional systems (Fig. 4b, c)."

Zanchi 2024 (2)¶

Zanchi, P., Mullier, E., Fornari, E., Guerrier de Dumast, P., Alemán-Gómez, Y., Ledoux, J.-B., Beaty, R., Hagmann, P., & Denervaud, S. (2024). Differences in spatiotemporal brain network dynamics of Montessori and traditionally schooled students. npj Science of Learning, 9, 45. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00254-6

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Null results for STD in three of the eight functional systems (visual, limbic, default mode), reported with pFDR > 0.110 and no effect sizes; equivalence was not tested.

"However, no between-group differences were observed for the visual, limbic, and default mode functional systems (pFDR > 0.110)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Attention — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Montessori-schooled students show higher whole-brain system diversity (functional integration) than traditionally schooled students — related
• Montessori-schooled students show lower whole-brain spatiotemporal diversity (higher neural stability) than traditionally schooled students — related