Essay 25 Linda Flower and Social Cognition: Constructing A View of the Writing Process Beverly B. Zimmerman Department of English Brigham Young University 3161 JKHB Provo, UT 84602 beverly_zimmerman@byu.edu Abstract For three decades, Linda Flower has been one of the leading proponents of cognitive research in the area of writing. This paper reviews her contributions by first looking at her original cognitive process model and then by examining important aspects of her social cognitive theory of writing. Specifically the paper summarizes Flower's view of writing as an active constructive process, as a social and rhetorical act, as negotiated meaning, and as literate practice. Finally, the paper suggests theoretical implications and practical applications of Flower's work for documentation professionals. Introduction inda Flower's contribution to cognitive research has spanned three decades. From her early model of the composing process to her current work developing a social cognitive theory of writing, she has been committed to understanding the underlying processes writers and readers use. In this paper, I will first review the original cognitive model Flower and John R. Hayes developed, then I will look at how Flower revised her original thinking to formulate a social cognitive theory of writing, the
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Linda Flower and social cognition: constructing a view of the writing process
Zimmerman, Beverly B.
Follow ACM SIGDOC Asterisk Journal of Computer Documentation
, Volume 22 (3)
Association for Computing Machinery – Aug 1, 1998
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