@article{ref1,
title="Montessori Methods Yield Cognitive Gains in Alzheimer's Day Cares",
journal="Activities, adaptation and aging",
year="2001",
author="Vance, David E. and Porter, R. J.",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="1-22",
abstract="Alzheimer day-care clients received three months of Mon-tessori type activities and three months of routine activities, in a within-subjects design. The effects of the two conditions were compared using changes in clients' scores on 22 cognitive measures. From this, a measure of performance after the Montessori activities, compared to after routine activities (Montessori Benefit Score), was calculated for each subject and a distribution of subject scores was generated. Using a resampling statistic, the mean Montessori Benefit Score was compared to one obtained under a null hypothesis that no difference existed in performance between routine and Montessori conditions. The observed mean Montessori Benefit Score (m = 7.4) fell outside the 95% confidence interval for the means based on the null hypothesis, indicating that Montessori materials benefit the Alzheimer's clients in this study.<p />",
language="",
issn="0192-4788",
doi="10.1300/J016v24n03_01",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v24n03_01"
}