Montessori Educational Method:

Traditional Educational Method:

1.Cognitive Social, Emotional and Moral development emphasis

1.Social development emphasis

2. Teacher prepares the environment with learning materials

2. Teacher is center of classroom as instructor

3. Emphasizes inner discipline

3. Teacher is primary enforcer of discipline

4. Mainly individual instruction

4. Group and some individual instruction

5. Mixed age grouping

5. Same age grouping

6. Much teaching is peer teaching and modeling

6. Most teaching is done by the teacher

7. Curriculum is structured for each child

7. Curriculum is structured for the whole class

8. Child internalizes concepts through exploration of educational materials

8. Child is taught concepts by the teacher

9. Child is self-paced and usually continues with an activity for an extended time

9. Child is generally allotted specific Instructional time

10. Child sets own learning pace

10. Group sets learning pace

11. Child identifies own errors from feedback from the educational material

11.Teacher identifies errors

12. Learning is reinforced internally by individuals repetition with learning materials and an internal feeling of competence

12. Learning is reinforced externally by group repetition and rewards

13. Multi-sensory learning materials for physical exploration

13.Paper and pencil approach to learning

14. Purposeful movement in the classroom is encouraged and believed to be an aid to learning

14. Child usually assigned own chair: encouraged to participate, sit still and listen during group sessions