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Courtier, Philippine; Gardes, Marie-Line; Van der Henst, Jean-Baptiste; Noveck, Ira A.; Croset, Marie-Caroline; Epinat-Duclos, Justine; Léone, Jessica; Prado, Jérôme – Child Development, 2021
Previous research on Montessori preschool education is inconsistent and prone to analytic flexibility. In this preregistered study, disadvantaged preschoolers in a French public school were randomly assigned to either conventional or Montessori classrooms, with the latter being adapted to French public education. Adaptations included fewer…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged, Public Schools
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Wilson, Anna J.; Dehaene, Stanislas; Dubois, Ophelie; Fayol, Michel – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2009
"The Number Race" is an adaptive game designed to improve number sense. We tested its effectiveness using a cross-over design in 53 low socioeconomic status kindergarteners in France. Children showed improvements in tasks traditionally used to assess number sense (numerical comparison of digits and words). However, there was no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Cognitive Development, Mathematics Achievement