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Margaret Beagle – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2024
Montessori came to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, and the Method was, at first, accepted with enthusiasm. But it wasn't long before the honeymoon was over - American educators wrongfully accused Montessori of being behind the times of educational research of the day. One of these early criticisms of Montessori education…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Student Centered Curriculum, Self Control, Self Management
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Pearce, Nicole; Davis, Jill – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2021
A key factor in a child's healthy development is resilience, which allows a child to have an adaptive response to hardships even when exposed to a toxic environment or adversity. Resilience is the interplay between a child's positive environment and adaptive and coping skills outweighing risk factors and adverse experiences to create a positive…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Executive Function, Child Development, Teaching Methods
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Michael Ertel; Eva Monsma; Ali Brian – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
The traditional linear skill and drill approach prominent in secondary physical education programs may be leaving some students behind. Critics have argued that this approach fails to meet students' basic psychological needs, while separating the requisite skills from the game itself. Nonlinear pedagogy is an alternative model to teaching motor…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Physical Education, Student Motivation, Secondary School Students
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Carrie S. Cutler; Jennifer J. Chen; Aidong Linda Zhang – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2024
Conflicts between children, a universal phenomenon across cultures, present unique opportunities for developing executive function (EF) skills, such as problem solving and exercising self-regulation. EF, primarily associated with a set of cognitive skills or processes that includes planning, organizing, and regulating behavior, plays an integral…
Descriptors: Child Development, Executive Function, Conflict, Peer Relationship
Minahan, Jessica; Ablon, J. Stuart – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Anxiety, one of the most common underlying causes of challenging student behavior, typically goes undiscovered and unaddressed through school-based behavior supports. Jessica Minahan and Stuart Ablon combine their expertise as a behavior analyst and a psychologist to outline how best to support students whose anxiety leads to challenging behavior.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Skill Development
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Reilly, Peter – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2020
The pandemic has provoked disruptions in students' lives and studies worldwide, which has caused them to feel moderate to high levels of anxiety and stress. Universities have responded by offering online counseling and communicating self-help recommendations via their websites. Curiously, the role that professors could play to reduce this…
Descriptors: Student Development, Metacognition, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Lux, Christine J.; Decker, Kalli B.; Nease, Chloe – Journal of School Counseling, 2020
Shifting federal educational priorities and increased funding for pre-K means that more school counselors are interacting with and supporting children before kindergarten age in public school settings. One potential area of focus for school counseling with young students is executive function (EF), including emotional and behavioral regulation,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Emotional Response, Child Behavior
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Maas, Christene – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
As children with autism spectrum disorder become adults, social participation continues to be an area of need. Within creative arts, there is a growing body of literature about the use of theatre arts, improvisational theatre, and improvisational techniques as a way to address social participation for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. The…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Intervention
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Hutton, Laura – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Prenatal exposure to alcohol causes a pattern of brain-based deficits and is associated with behavioral challenges (Wozniak et al., 2019). Understanding the neurocognitive behaviors common among individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) can increase teachers' effectiveness (Tremblay et al., 2017). Environmental changes, such as…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Neurological Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Student Behavior
Weyer, Matt – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Traditional definitions of school readiness have focused primarily on the skills, knowledge and abilities children need for educational success. However, these definitions have evolved in recent years to encompass a multidimensional view, adding physical and mental health, social and emotional skills, executive functioning and self-regulation, and…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Readiness, Definitions, Physical Health
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Liew, Jeffrey; Cameron, Claire E.; Lockman, Jeffrey J. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Primary education is compulsory around the world. This means that around age 5 or 6, millions of children worldwide transition from home or preschool/kindergarten settings into primary school, with the success of this transition shaping school and life trajectories for years to come. Both developmental and environmental factors during early…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Executive Function
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Cantor, Pamela; Osher, David; Berg, Juliette; Steyer, Lily; Rose, Todd – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
This article synthesizes foundational knowledge from multiple scientific disciplines regarding how humans develop in context. Major constructs that define human development are integrated into a developmental system framework, this includes--epigenetics, neural malleability and plasticity, integrated complex skill development and learning, human…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Executive Function
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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
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Boroson, Barbara – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2016
We hold this truth to be self-evident: Students on the autism spectrum need support with life literacy before they can reach for content literacy. This article provides educators with an understanding of the interplay between life and content literacy in the classroom, as well as strategies to maximize success for these diverse learners. Students…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Literacy, At Risk Students
Minahan, Jessica; Baker, Diana – Educational Leadership, 2015
When teachers strive to help a student with serious behavior challenges, they often feel at a loss and seek guidance from a problem-solving team of counselors, administrators, and other colleagues. But too often such team meetings fail to provide concrete ideas for things the teacher can do. Rather than simply discussing the mounting challenges,…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Skill Development, Social Development
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