Benefits of practical life exercises for attention emerge for girls but not boys¶
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q2 i? Introducing practical life exercises into conventional kindergartens benefited attention, but only for girls; boys showed no such benefits. → Chloë Marshall 2017
Evidence¶
Chloë Marshall 2017¶
Chloë Marshall. (2017). Montessori education: a review of the evidence base. npj Science of Learning 2:11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-017-0012-7
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Study introducing practical life exercises into conventional kindergarten classes with 15 min set aside plus free-choice availability, measuring attention at pre- and post-test. The review reports the benefit only for girls and calls the differential gender impact puzzling.
"There were bene fits to attention of being in the experimental group, but only for girls — boys showed no such bene fits"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Gender — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group
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