Montessori-schooled children show shorter average shortest path length and lower modularity in their semantic networks than traditionally-schooled children¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Montessori-schooled children had a significantly lower average shortest path length (d = 0.24). → Denervaud 2021 q3 i1 Montessori-schooled children had a significantly lower modularity Q (d = 0.32). → Denervaud 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Denervaud 2021¶

Denervaud, S., Christensen, A. P., Kenett, Y. N. & Beaty, R. E. (2021). Education shapes the structure of semantic memory and impacts creative thinking. npj Science of Learning 6:35. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00113-8

q3 · i1 · associational · r2

Case-wise bootstrap comparison of semantic networks from the same verbal fluency data. The bootstrap test found "a signi ficantly lower ASPL" for the Montessori group, t(1998) = −5.32, p < 0.001, d = 0.24.

"Additionally, the Montessori-schooled children had a signi ficantly lower ASPL (M = 3.07, SD = 0.26) than the traditional-schooled children (M = 3.12, SD = 23), t (1998) = −5.32, p < 0.001, d = 0.24."

Denervaud 2021 (2)¶

Denervaud, S., Christensen, A. P., Kenett, Y. N. & Beaty, R. E. (2021). Education shapes the structure of semantic memory and impacts creative thinking. npj Science of Learning 6:35. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00113-8

q3 · i1 · associational · r2

Case-wise bootstrap comparison of semantic network modularity for the two school groups. The test found "a signi ficantly lower Q" in the Montessori group, t(1998) = −7.07, p < 0.001, d = 0.32.

"Finally, the Montessori-schooled children had a signi ficantly lower Q (M = 0.582, SD = 0.03) than the traditional-schooled children (M = 0.589, SD = 0.02), t (1998) = −7.07, p < 0.001, d = 0.32."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

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