Middle School Students’ Motivation and Quality of Experience: A Comparison of Montessori and Traditional School Environments

By Kevin Rathunde, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi. American Journal of Education, 2005

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High School Outcomes for Students in a Public Montessori Program (2007, background): “Researchers have explored relationships between Montessori education and various outcomes, ranging from private speech (krafft & Berk, 1998) and drawing ability (Cox & Rowlands, 2000), to positive emotions, energy, and intrinsic motivation (Rathunde & Csikszentmihalyi, 2005).”
Engagement in after-school program activities: quality of experience from the perspective of participants (2007, background): “low in challenge and concentration (Larson, 2000; Rathunde & Csikszentmihalyi, 2005 ).”
Playful Learning and Montessori Education. (2013, background): “Also studying high-fidelity Montessori programs, Rathunde and Csikszentmihalyi (2005a, 2005b) compared children attending Montessori middle schools with children at conventional schools matched for socioeconomic status.”
Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction (2007, methodology): “For example, research has shown NOVEMBER 2007 that the instructional techniques used in Montessori schools are particularly successful in promoting academic engagement among young students (Rathunde & Csikszentmihalyi, 2005).”