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 Maria Montessori is not primarily remembered for being Italy's first woman to graduate in medicine, although this was the first of her many significant (1) ___________(accomplish). Montessori went on to become one of the leading (2)______________ (educate) of the twentieth century. She worked with 3)_______ (mental) disabled children at the beginning of the century, and in 1907 opened her first school for children of "normal" (4)_____________ (intelligent). What made her approach unique was her (5)______________ (believe) that children learn more if their (6) _____________(create) talents are encouraged to develop. Individual, rather than cooperative, learning was stressed. Montessori used (7)________________ (interest) objects to capture the (8)__________(attend) of her pupils. They were allowed to work on their own, exploring and discovering new ideas at their own pace. (9)___________ (surprise), Montessori's schoolchildren did not become (10) ____________ (bore) very easily, and undisciplined children became much better behaved. Today, there are schools all over the world which bear Maria Montessori's name and use her methods.