Beyond executive functions, creativity skills benefit academic outcomes: Insights from Montessori education.

ABSTRACT: Studies have shown scholastic, creative, and social benefits of Montessori education, benefits that were hypothesized to result from better executive functioning on the part of those so educated. As these previous studies have not reported consistent outcomes supporting this idea, we therefore evaluated scholastic development in a cross-sectional study of kindergarten and elementary school-age students, with an emphasis on the three core executive measures of cognitive flexibility, working memory update, and selective attention (inhibition). Two hundred and one (201) children underwent a complete assessment: half of the participants were from Montessori settings, while the other half were controls from traditional schools. The results confirmed that Montessori participants outperformed pee

SUBMITTER: Denervaud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874078 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature