Do you know Maria Montessori?

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Test Your Knowledge of Maria Montessori

Are you familiar with the revolutionary educational methods of Maria Montessori? Dive into our quiz to assess your knowledge and learn more about her impact on early childhood education.

10 challenging questions
Multiple-choice format
Discover fun facts about Montessori's life and theories

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Maria Montessori was the first woman in the world to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree. (true or false)

True

False

William Kilpatrick, an American educator, was one of Montessori’s strongest advocates in America. (True or false)

True

False

Maria Montessori wanted to be a teacher from the time she was a young girl. (True or false)

True

False

In the second school she opened, Montessori noticed that children from wealthier families initially responded to her materials by...

Being interested and engaged with them

Being uninterested in them

Montessori observed that extrinsic rewards strongly motivated children, so she incorporated rewards as an important component of her method. (True or false)

True

False

Whose observations and theories about early childhood education came first?

Piaget’s

Montessori’s

Chomsky’s

Which aspects of Montessori’s approach to education were out of step with American educational theories of the early 1900s?

Emphasis on cognitive development, sensory training, sensitive periods, and the child’s spontaneous interest in learning

Sensitive periods, external rewards, cognitive development

�Letting the child outgrow it”, sensitive periods and sensory training

Who was largely responsible for the Montessori revival in America in the 1960s?

The Montessori approach has fallen into disfavor in recent years because the newest research disproves Montessori’s theories. (True or false)

True

False

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