From owner-cogsci-all-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 1 11:30:11 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA1FUBkn011558 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:30:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front3.acsu.buffalo.edu (warmfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.88]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lA1FU5dV057559 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:30:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 20161 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2007 15:30:00 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 1 Nov 2007 15:30:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 15609 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2007 15:29:58 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 1 Nov 2007 15:29:58 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3923932 for COGSCI-ALL-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:29:58 -0400 Approved-By: rapaport@CSE.BUFFALO.EDU Delivered-To: cogsci-all-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 4521 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2007 15:20:51 -0000 Received: from mailscan8.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.55) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 1 Nov 2007 15:20:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 15377 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2007 15:20:48 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 1 Nov 2007 15:20:48 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA1FJrFU010812; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:19:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lA1FJrUn010811; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:19:53 -0400 (EDT) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711011519.lA1FJrUn010811@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:19:53 -0400 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Cognitive Science all list From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: UB CogSci 11/7 J.Collins/J.Lee: Writing Improves Reading Comprehension Comments: To: jcollins@buffalo.edu, jl224@buffalo.edu, mwkibby@buffalo.edu, rohini@cse.Buffalo.EDU, srihari@cse.Buffalo.EDU To: COGSCI-ALL-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4658/Thu Nov 1 08:50:49 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: $NotJunk NotJunk X-UID: 274 Content-Length: 3294 ======================================================================== NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Collins and Jaekyung Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education University at Buffalo Collins webpage: http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/FAS/Collins/index.htm Lee webpage:http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/faculty/viewfaculty.asp?id=34 Wednesday, 7 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using Writing to Improve Reading Comprehension ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT [This is a longer version of a presentation that Collins gave at the Cognitive Science Society Conference this summer] This colloquium will discuss findings from the Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension (WIRC) study currently underway in UB's Graduate School of Education. In the WIRC research, more than 2000 fourth and fifth grade students in ten low-performing Buffalo schools have taken part in two year-long experiments to test the efficacy of using focused, assisted writing practice to improve reading comprehension. Students enrolled in the WIRC classrooms write daily about the reading they are doing in language arts, and they receive assistance from teachers, peers, and thinksheets to help them write about literary selections they are reading. As the name suggests, a thinksheet is a guide to help students think carefully and write about the reading they are doing. The presenters discuss the results of the large experiments, which generally show that students in low-performing schools can significantly improve their reading comprehension and writing abilities through sustained, assisted practice with using writing to make sense of their reading. The presenters also discuss formative and qualitative studies designed to help the WIRC researchers understand factors which may facilitate or constrain successful applications of interventions using writing to improve reading comprehension. Findings support further development of sociocognitive theories of literacy development and collaborative means of literacy instruction and assessment. Wednesday, 7 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Nov 5 09:22:42 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA5EMfc8014205 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:22:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from front3.acsu.buffalo.edu (warmfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.88]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lA5EMZJr065559 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:22:35 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 21829 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2007 14:22:30 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Nov 2007 14:22:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 213 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2007 14:22:28 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Nov 2007 14:22:28 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4129220 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:22:28 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 13494 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2007 14:22:22 -0000 Received: from mailscan3.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.135) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Nov 2007 14:22:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 14872 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2007 14:22:21 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp4.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Nov 2007 14:22:21 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA5EMJ67014188; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:22:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lA5EMJHp014187; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:22:19 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711051422.lA5EMJHp014187@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:22:19 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CogSci 11/7 J.Collins/J.Lee Writing to Improve Reading Comprehension Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4674/Mon Nov 5 07:32:22 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3294 ======================================================================== THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Collins and Jaekyung Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education University at Buffalo Collins webpage: http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/FAS/Collins/index.htm Lee webpage:http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/faculty/viewfaculty.asp?id=34 Wednesday, 7 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using Writing to Improve Reading Comprehension ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT [This is a longer version of a presentation that Collins gave at the Cognitive Science Society Conference this summer] This colloquium will discuss findings from the Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension (WIRC) study currently underway in UB's Graduate School of Education. In the WIRC research, more than 2000 fourth and fifth grade students in ten low-performing Buffalo schools have taken part in two year-long experiments to test the efficacy of using focused, assisted writing practice to improve reading comprehension. Students enrolled in the WIRC classrooms write daily about the reading they are doing in language arts, and they receive assistance from teachers, peers, and thinksheets to help them write about literary selections they are reading. As the name suggests, a thinksheet is a guide to help students think carefully and write about the reading they are doing. The presenters discuss the results of the large experiments, which generally show that students in low-performing schools can significantly improve their reading comprehension and writing abilities through sustained, assisted practice with using writing to make sense of their reading. The presenters also discuss formative and qualitative studies designed to help the WIRC researchers understand factors which may facilitate or constrain successful applications of interventions using writing to improve reading comprehension. Findings support further development of sociocognitive theories of literacy development and collaborative means of literacy instruction and assessment. Wednesday, 7 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Nov 7 08:40:55 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA7Detdf000013 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:40:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from front3.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lA7Deoxt036770 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:40:50 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 17979 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2007 13:40:45 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 7 Nov 2007 13:40:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 24927 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2007 13:40:42 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 7 Nov 2007 13:40:42 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4217015 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:40:42 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 4573 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2007 13:40:42 -0000 Received: from mailscan1.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.133) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 7 Nov 2007 13:40:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 12207 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2007 13:40:41 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 7 Nov 2007 13:40:41 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA7Dee3n029998; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:40:40 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lA7Dee1s029997; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:40:40 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711071340.lA7Dee1s029997@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:40:40 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CogSci TODAY J.Collins & J.Lee Writing to Improve Reading Comprehension Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu, jcollins@buffalo.edu, jl224@acsu.buffalo.edu, rohini@cse.Buffalo.EDU, srihari@cse.Buffalo.EDU To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4691/Wed Nov 7 00:39:41 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3295 ======================================================================== TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Collins and Jaekyung Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education University at Buffalo Collins webpage: http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/FAS/Collins/index.htm Lee webpage:http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/faculty/viewfaculty.asp?id=34 Wednesday, 7 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using Writing to Improve Reading Comprehension ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT [This is a longer version of a presentation that Collins gave at the Cognitive Science Society Conference this summer] This colloquium will discuss findings from the Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension (WIRC) study currently underway in UB's Graduate School of Education. In the WIRC research, more than 2000 fourth and fifth grade students in ten low-performing Buffalo schools have taken part in two year-long experiments to test the efficacy of using focused, assisted writing practice to improve reading comprehension. Students enrolled in the WIRC classrooms write daily about the reading they are doing in language arts, and they receive assistance from teachers, peers, and thinksheets to help them write about literary selections they are reading. As the name suggests, a thinksheet is a guide to help students think carefully and write about the reading they are doing. The presenters discuss the results of the large experiments, which generally show that students in low-performing schools can significantly improve their reading comprehension and writing abilities through sustained, assisted practice with using writing to make sense of their reading. The presenters also discuss formative and qualitative studies designed to help the WIRC researchers understand factors which may facilitate or constrain successful applications of interventions using writing to improve reading comprehension. Findings support further development of sociocognitive theories of literacy development and collaborative means of literacy instruction and assessment. Wednesday, 7 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html