The effects of structure in instructions and materials on Montessori and traditional preschool children's creativity

dc.contributor.authorValentine-Casertano, Ann Elizabethen
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:20Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-24en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:20Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-24en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-24en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to assess the effects of structure in instructions and materials on preschool children’s creativity as measured by a drawing task. Subjects were twenty children from a traditional laboratory preschool, and twenty from a Montessori program. The children, ranging in age from forty-eight months old to seventy-one months old, were assigned to four experimental groups (A/B/C/D). Each group was exposed to four treatments consisting of: Structured Instructions-Structured Materials; Structured Instructions-Unstructured Materials; Unstructured Instructions-Structured Materials; Unstructured Instructions-Unstructured Materials. The order of treatment was determined by the group. The results indicated that the Montessori and Laboratory subjects differed significantly on baseline originality, (Montessori, M = 2.1, SD = 1.61; Laboratory, M = 5.25, SD = 2.09), thus baseline originality scores served as a covariate. Results indicated no significant differences for treatment between children from the two schools, or between the groups on originality scores. Results indicated an order effect for treatment for Montessori group B, which had a significantly higher mean.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 64 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03242009-040737en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03242009-040737/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41773en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.V353.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28871503en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.V353en
dc.subject.lcshChildren -- Intelligence levelsen
dc.subject.lcshCreative ability in children -- Testingen
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Preschool -- Curriculaen
dc.subject.lcshMontessori method of educationen
dc.titleThe effects of structure in instructions and materials on Montessori and traditional preschool children's creativityen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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