The Montessori Difference: Considering the Evidence

Angeline Stoll Lillard is Commonwealth Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 1991, and her research, resulting in over 150 peer-reviewed articles, has been funded by several federal sources and foundations. She received the American Psychological Association's Boyd McCandless Award for contributions to developmental psychology, and her bestselling book, Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2016) received the Cognitive Development Society Book Award. She primarily studies Montessori education and children's play.