Montessori students miss fewer trials but make more incorrect responses than traditionally-schooled students at equivalent accuracy¶

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q3 i? Response-pattern distributions differed by pedagogical group (ηp² = 0.11): Montessori students had higher incorrect rates and traditionally-schooled students missed more trials. → 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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A 3-by-2 mixed ANOVA on response type (correct, incorrect, missed) in the fMRI math task found a group interaction with ηp² = 0.11; post hoc Tukey tests showed "Montessori participants had higher incorrect rates, while traditionally-schooled students missed more trials".

"There was an interaction by group in response patterns, F(60,2) = 3.78, p = 0.028, ɳp 2 = 0.11. While the groups did not differ on rate of correct responses, t(60) = −0.03, ptukey = 1.0, Montessori participants had higher incorrect rates, while traditionally-schooled students missed more trials, t(60) = 3.05, ptukey = 0.038"

Discussion¶

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