Montessori Education |
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Traditional Education |
| Individually-paced lessons that challenge children's critical thinking skills. |
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Pre-designed lessons in designated time block. |
| Teacher guidance to facilitate activities in a timeframe most suitable to the needs of each child. |
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Persistent teacher intervention to meet learning objectives in a predetermined time. |
| Cooperation and respect for each child's autonomy. |
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Competition with peers to complete tasks quickly. |
| Emphasis on learning that is individually suited to each child's level of development. |
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Emphasis on standardized learning objectives. |
| Individualized teaching for effectiveness. |
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Routinized learning goals for efficiency. |
| Learning that connects to children's lives, allowing children to engage in higher brain functions, such as inductive and deductive logic and synthesis of ideas. |
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Learning as fragmented pieces that exist for some purpose that the teacher understands. |
