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A Comparison Of Montessori Students To General Education Students As They Move From Middle School Into A Traditional High School Program, Shelley K. Corry Apr 2006

A Comparison Of Montessori Students To General Education Students As They Move From Middle School Into A Traditional High School Program, Shelley K. Corry

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This study evaluated the achievement and social involvement of students who completed eight years of public school Montessori Academic Instruction (n = 31) to determine their current levels of 10th-grade transition adjustment into a traditional high school program, compared to the achievement and social involvement of randomly selected students from the same school district who completed eight years of General Education Academic Instruction (n = 31) before entering high school. Results of the posttest only two group comparative study examined students' (a) Grade Point Averages; (b) reading, language, and math Norm-Referenced Test Normal Curve Equivalent achievement test scores; (c) Essential …