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The Effect Of Songs On Social-Emotional Literacy In An Early Childhood Classroom, Amy Feaver
The Effect Of Songs On Social-Emotional Literacy In An Early Childhood Classroom, Amy Feaver
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
Children in an early childhood Montessori classroom were taught songs that included words to label emotions and phrases for solving social conflicts. The purpose of this research was to find out if children’s emotional vocabulary and problem-solving strategies would be affected by learning words and phrases from songs about feelings and communication for six weeks. Data was collected through comparing words known to describe emotions on faces of an emotion chart, phrases known to communicate feelings, and records of children’s behaviors and conflict resolution strategies both pre and post-intervention. The results showed an increase in both the amount of words …
Supporting Conflict Resolution In An Early Childhood Montessori Environment, Megan C. Andrews
Supporting Conflict Resolution In An Early Childhood Montessori Environment, Megan C. Andrews
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
The study aimed to determine in what way daily grace and courtesy lessons and more thoughtful, consistent adult intervention would affect children’s responses to conflict in an early childhood Montessori environment. There were 17 participants between the ages of three and six in an independent Montessori school in Northern Michigan. The researcher gave the children daily lessons on aspects of conflict resolution, used a scripted intervention strategy during conflict, and implemented three guided discussions throughout the course of the study. The researcher collected data by tallying number of conflicts, recording responses during guided discussions, recording details and language of each …