NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Van Meeteren, Beth Dykstra, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2022
Children are intrigued by moving objects, even more so when they can engineer the movement. This volume in the STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series uses Ramps and Pathways as a context to provide children ages 3-8 with opportunities to engage in STEM every day. Ramps and Pathways is a meaningful and fun way for children to develop engineering…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Vignettes, Communities of Practice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Culclasure, Brooke Taylor; Daoust, Carolyn J.; Cote, Sally Morris; Zoll, Susan – Journal of Montessori Research, 2019
Montessori education has a long history, but its recent growth in American public schools has led to increased interest in research efforts, particularly in exploring the potential of the Montessori experience to moderate the effects of poverty and in gathering data to evaluate public investment in Montessori schools. To assist research efforts,…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Guidelines, Outcomes of Education, Educational History
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bodrova, Elena; Germeroth, Carrie; Leong, Deborah J. – American Journal of Play, 2013
The authors consider the analysis of the literature on play research by Lillard and others in the January 2013 "Psychological Bulletin," an analysis that questioned the prevailing assumption of a causal relationship between play and child development, especially in the areas of creativity, reasoning, executive function, and regulation of…
Descriptors: Play, Metacognition, Sociocultural Patterns, Attribution Theory