Pedagogical Perspectives on Cognition and Writing

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Edited by J. Michael Rifenburg, Patricia Portanova, and Duane Roen Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition Edited by Thomas Rickert and Jennifer Bay Information and Pricing 978-1-64317-246-0 (paperback, $35.99); 978-1-64317-247-7 (hardcover, $69.99); 978-1-64317-248-4 (PDF, $19.99); 978-1-64317-249-1 (EPUB, $19.99) © 2021 by Parlor Press, with illustrations, bibliography, notes and index. 361 pages. Bookstores : Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. About This Book Pedagogical Perspectives on Cognition and Writing addresses a scholarly audience in writing studies, specifically scholars and teachers of writing, writing program administrators, and writing center scholars and administrators. Chapters focus on the place of cognition in threshold concepts, teaching for transfer, rhetorical theory, trauma theory, genre, writing centers, community writing, and applications of the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing . The 1980s witnessed a growing interest in writing studies on cognitive approaches to studying and teaching college-level writing. While some would argue this interest was simply of a moment , we argue that cognitive theories still have great influence in writing studies and have substantial potential to continue reinvigorating what we know about writing and writers. By grounding this collection in ongoing  interest in writing-related transfer, the role of metacognition in supporting successful transfer, and the habits of mind within the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing , Pedagogical Perspectives on Cognition and Writing highlights the robust but also problematic potential cognitive theories of writing hold for how we research writing, how we teach and tutor writers, and how we work with community writers. Pedagogical Perspectives on Cognition and Writing includes a foreword by Susan Miller-Cochran and an afterword by Asao Inoue. Additional contributors include Melvin E. Beavers, Subrina Bogan, Ha