EXAMINATION OF THE AFFECT OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

At this research, the effects of Montessori Education to language development of pre-school children were examined. The sampling population of the research constituted of 35 children, 14 males and 21 females. Of the sampling population, 17 children participated to Experiment and 18 children participated to Control Group. During the research, the pattern with pretest-posttest control group was used. In order to get information on children and their families who participated in the research, “Personal Data Form” was used. To measure the language development of the children, Descoeudres Language Test, Dictionary and Language Test, Peabody Picture-Vocabulary Test were used. During the analysis of data obtained from experimental process, Two-Way ANOVA for Repeated Measures on One Factor, Paired Samples T Test, Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskall Wallis Test were used. According to the result of research, a significant difference was found between language development of pre-school children who receive education with Montessori Method and also education according to The Ministry of Education, Preschool Education Program.