Determining and comparing the effect of traditional and Montessori methods on perceptual motor activities of elementary school students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 M.Sc., Motor Behavior, Azad University, Khorramabad Branch, Iran

2 Islamic Azad University

Abstract

Abstract:
Introduction and Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the effect of traditional and Montessori methods on perceptual motor activities of elementary school students. This research is applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of implementation. Abad forms. The sample size in this study was selected using G-POWER software and the sample size was 36 people. It is necessary that three groups of 12 people are selected randomly from them.
Methodology: In this study, there are three groups of 12 people for research, one of which is the Montessori training program; In the second group, the traditional training program and the third group as a research control group, in which the two experimental groups performed the necessary training sessions for 8 weeks and 3 sessions per week.
Results: In both traditional and Montessori groups, the changes in pre-test and post-test are significant and this means that both Montessori and traditional methods have been able to improve students' balance.
Conclusion: . The results showed that the Montessori group had the greatest impact on fine motor skills. Also, the traditional training group was able to create a significant difference with the control group

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