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June 10, 2014 by James Moudry Leave a Comment

Montessori Research on…classroom walls

Cluttered kindergarten walls, your time is up. The research is in. Thank you, New York Times.

Rethinking the Colorful Kindergarten Classroom

Rethinking the Colorful Kindergarten Classroom

"[W]hen kindergartners were taught in a highly decorated classroom, they were more distracted, their gazes more likely to wander off task, and their test scores lower than when they were taught in a room that was comparatively spartan."

Even better, Ms. Hoffman gives a mention to a certain pedagogy that (again) is ahead of the research...

"Montessori schools have long emphasized a calmer, understated look." 

...and includes a link to AMI/USA's Montessori Guide website.

Where might you use this new tidbit of research at your school?

  • Print the article on a single page and drop it into the fall parent orientation folder.
  • Add a link to your website's 'Research' tab (WHAT? You don't have one?!)
  • Share it with your faculty and explain how to use it. It's okay to coach on communication, right? (YES, IT IS! Personally, I like the diminutive one-liner, "Oh, Mr. Jackson, the research on that is in; cluttered walls result in lower test scores. Moving on....")

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