Montessori Education and Practice : A Review of the Literature , 2007 – 2009

MONTESSORI LIFE ISSUE 2, 2010 Besançon, M. & Lubart, T. (2007). Differences in the development of creative competencies in children schooled in diverse learning environments. Learning and Individual Differences, 18, 391–399. This two-year study examined creativity development in first through fifth graders in four Parisian schools. Two sites used traditional pedagogy and two used alternative pedagogies, specifically Freinet and Montessori. Overall, students who attended a Montessori or Freinet setting performed higher on creativity tests, and Montessori school students achieved higher levels of creativity over the 2year study period than students in the other three schools.