TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Montessori Methods Yield Cognitive Gains in Alzheimer's Day Cares
JO  - Activities, adaptation and aging
A1  - Vance, David E.
A1  - Porter, R. J.
SP  - 1
EP  - 22
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0192-4788
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v24n03_01
ID  - ref1
ER  -