Montessori Approach:- Emphasis is on cognitive development
- Teacher has unobtrusive role in the room
- Environment & method encourage self-discipline
- Mainly individual instruction; mixed age groupings
- Mixed age grouping encourages children to teach and help one another
- Child chooses his/her own work
- Child discovers own concepts from self teaching materials
- Child works as long as he/she wishes on chosen project 
- Child sets own learning pace
- Child spots errors in feedback from material
- Child reinforces own learning by repetition
of work and internal feelings of success
- Child spots errors in feedback from material
- Child reinforces own learning by repetition
of work and internal feelings of success
Traditional Approach:
- Emphasis is on social development
- Teacher is the center of room as "controller"
- Teacher acts as primary enforcer of discipline
- Mainly group instruction; same age grouping
- Most teaching is done by the teacher
- Curriculum is structured for child
- Child is guided to concepts by teacher
- Child is generally allotted specific time for work
- Instruction pace is set by group norm
- If work is corrected, errors usually pointed out by the teacher
- Learning is reinforced externally by required repetition, rewards and punishments
- Child usually assigned own chair, required to participate, sit and listen during group time
- Emphasis is on social development
- Teacher is the center of room as "controller"
- Teacher acts as primary enforcer of discipline
- Mainly group instruction; same age grouping
- Most teaching is done by the teacher
- Curriculum is structured for child
- Child is guided to concepts by teacher
- Child is generally allotted specific time for work
- Instruction pace is set by group norm
- If work is corrected, errors usually pointed out by the teacher
- Learning is reinforced externally by required repetition, rewards and punishments
- Child usually assigned own chair, required to participate, sit and listen during group time
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