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Angeline Lillard is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and the author of Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, which synthesized decades of research on Montessori education and set the agenda for a new era of rigorous Montessori research. Her randomized controlled studies comparing Montessori and conventional school outcomes have produced some of the strongest evidence for Montessori's advantages in executive function, reading, and social development. She is widely recognized as the most important academic voice in contemporary Montessori research.
Key Ideas
- →Well-implemented Montessori produces significant advantages in executive function and early literacy
- →The quality of implementation varies enormously — 'Montessori' is not a protected trademark
- →Montessori's design principles anticipate findings from cognitive science decades before they were discovered
- →Play and exploration are the most efficient vehicles for early learning