Author: Dr. David Lowemann

Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart

In 1942, a young Black man named Cleo Wright was removed from a Sikeston, Missouri, jail and lynched by a white mob. Nearly 80 years later, another young Black man, Denzel Taylor, was shot at least 18 times by police in the same small community.  In the hourlong “Silence in Sikeston” documentary film broadcast on […]

Published on September 17, 2024

Silence in Sikeston: Hush, Fix Your Face

SIKESTON, Mo. — For residents of Sikeston, as for Black Americans around the country, speaking openly about experiences with racial violence can be taboo and, in some cases, forbidden. As a child, Larry McClellon’s mother told him not to ask too many questions about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright in their hometown of Sikeston. […]

Published on September 17, 2024

Allow Me to Explain: Benefits of Explaining Extend to Distal Academic Performance

Abstract How does the act of explaining influence learning? Prior work has studied effects of explaining through a predominantly proximal lens, measuring short-term outcomes or manipulations within lab settings. Here, we ask whether the benefits of explaining extend to academic performance over time. Specifically, does the quality and frequency of student explanations predict students’ later […]

Published on September 16, 2024