Deck 4: Montessoris Educational Philosophy

Question 1

Montessori believed that children's language learning

A) is a matter of cultural teaching
B) is governed by an innate mechanism
C) is primarily a matter of imitating adults and older peers
D) is gradual and continuous

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In Montessori's view, the teacher should be

A) an authority to whom the child can turn for sound advice
B) mainly out of the picture
C) sociable and creative
D) affectionate but not smothering

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Montessori

A) frequently quoted Locke
B) had a relatively smooth personal life
C) was Italy's first female physician
D) initially worked with middle class children

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Montessori thought teachers should

A) use only rewards, never punishments
B) use both rewards and punishments
C) use neither rewards nor punishments
D) use verbal punishments, but never physical punishments

Question 5

Montessori's sensitive periods

A) are biologically based
B) are periods when children work with great enthusiasm
C) include walking, language, and the use of the hand
D) all of the above

Question 6

Montessori

A) valued independent thinking
B) thought children need lots of time in nature
C) taught writing before reading
D) all of the above

Question 7

Children who work with concerted effort and then, when finished, appear fresh and rested, demonstrate a process Montessori called

A) fulfillment
B) normalization
C) self-actualization
D) satiation

Question 8

In Montessori's view, a teacher who needs to shout at his or her children is probably making the following mistake: The teacher

A) has not set forth the class rules clearly and forcefully
B) hasn't learned to use more subtle methods of control
C) is using individual rather than group techniques of classroom control
D) is not using materials that absorb the children's interests

Question 9

Montessori said the best way to help children before they go to school is

A) provide many toys
B) provide clear discipline
C) provide lots of warmth and love
D) be sensitive to the child's own interests

Question 10

Montessori materials with "control of error"

A) enable children to detect their own errors
B) keep errors to a minimum
C) stimulate thinking by presenting carefully controlled errors
D) guide children toward mastery in gradual steps

Question 11

According to the text, research tends to show that Montessori education, compared to other approaches, promotes

A) the strongest advances in attitudes toward learning
B) slow verbal development; advanced mathematical thinking
C) clear advances in all areas of achievement
D) little positive change; results are ambiguous

Question 12

According to the text, the most serious criticism of Montessori is that

A) she became too concerned with free choice
B) she ignored fantasy and emotional factors
C) research has not shown much teacher consistency across tasks
D) her methods are restricted to young children