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