This is REACH Week at Western Kentucky University, when events across campus highlight the research activities of WKU students and faculty. A full schedule of events can be found here, but in particular I'd like to invite you to the College of Education and Behavior Sciences (CEBS) Research Showcase this Thursday, March 21, from 4-6 p.m. in Gary Ransdell Hall Auditorium on the university's main campus. The showcase will be of interest to prospective doctoral students, WKU alumni, and practicing educators from across the region.
From 4-5 p.m. a slideshow featuring student and faculty research activities will be on display, and mini-lectures will be offered by Dr. Janet Tassell, winner of the 2012 CEBS Faculty Research Award, and doctoral student Chunling Niu. A reception and poster presentations will be display from 5-6 p.m.
Later that evening Dr. Richard C. Anderson, University Scholar and professor emeritus of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will deliver the 2013 Boyd-Lubkers Visiting Scholars Lecture on "Making School Intellectually Stimulating and Personally Engaging."
Dr. Anderson will discuss recent research on more than 180 collaborative discussions among fourth grade students. Analysis of the research shows that using the collaborative discussion technique fostered significant gains in students' social and cognitive development. Students showed an increased mastery of social skills involved in leadership and ability to engage in analogical reasoning and other forms of relational thinking. Anderson interprets the findings to mean that schooling that is intellectually stimulating, personally engaging, and socially enhancing is an achievable goal for all children.
Dr. Anderson's lecture is free and open to the public and will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Gary Ransdell Hall Auditorium.
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