Linda Flower
Encyclopedia
Linda Flower is a composition theorist
. She is best known for her emphasis on cognitive rhetoric
, but has more recently published in the field of service learning. Flower currently serves Carnegie Mellon University
as a professor of rhetoric
.
Composition studies
Composition Studies is the professional field of writing research and instruction, focusing especially on writing at the college level in the United States...
. She is best known for her emphasis on cognitive rhetoric
Cognitive rhetoric
Cognitive Rhetoric refers to an approach to rhetoric, composition and pedagogy as well as a method for language and literary studies drawing from, or contributing to, cognitive science.-History:...
, but has more recently published in the field of service learning. Flower currently serves Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
as a professor of rhetoric
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
.
Independent works
- "Cognition, Context, and Theory Building" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 40, No. 3. (Oct., 1989), pp. 282-311.
- "Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing" College English, Vol. 41, No. 1. (Sep., 1979), pp. 19-37.
- "The Construction of Purpose in Writing and Reading" College English, Vol. 50, No. 5. (Sep., 1988), pp. 528-550.
- "Intercultural Inquiry and the Transformation of Service" College English, Vol. 65, No. 2. (Nov., 2002), pp. 181-201.
- Problem-Solving Strategies for Writing
- The Construction of Negotiated Meaning: A Social Cognitive Theory of Writing
Collaborative works
- Kathleen McCormick; Gary Waller; Linda Flower. Reading Texts: Reading, Responding, Writing
- Christina Haas; Linda Flower. "Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 39, No. 2. (May, 1988), pp. 167-183.
- Linda Flower; Victoria Stein; John Ackerman; Margaret J. Kantz; Kathleen McCormick; Wayne C. Peck. Reading-to-Write: Exploring a Cognitive and Social Process (1990), New York: Oxford University Press
- Linda Flower; John R. Hayes; Linda Carey; Karen Schriver; James Stratman. "Detection, Diagnosis, and the Strategies of Revision" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 37, No. 1. (Feb., 1986), pp. 16-55.
- Irvin Y. Hashimoto; Linda S. Flower"Bait/Rebait: Teachers Should not Spend Class Time Teaching Students How to Understand Their Audience" The English Journal, Vol. 72, No. 1. (Jan., 1983), pp. 14-17.
- "Karen Scriven; Linda Flower; John Schilb. "Three Comments on 'Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class' and 'Problem Solving Reconsidered'" College English, Vol. 51, No. 7. (Nov., 1989), pp. 764-770.
- Linda S. Flower; John R. Hayes. "Problem-Solving Strategies and the Writing Process" College English, Vol. 39, No. 4, Stimulating Invention in Composition Courses. (Dec., 1977), pp. 449-461.
- Wayne Campbell Peck; Linda Flower; Lorraine Higgins. "Community Literacy" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 46, No. 2. (May, 1995), pp. 199-222.
- Linda Flower; John R. Hayes. "A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 32, No. 4. (Dec., 1981), pp. 365-387.
- Linda Flower; John R. Hayes. "The Cognition of Discovery: Defining a Rhetorical Problem" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Feb., 1980), pp. 21-32.