Lindemann Ch. 6: Cognition

Lindemann's chapter on cognition is a helpful look at how students of different ages think. However, I was a bit overwhelmed by the terminology. Even though she spent most of her time here discussing categories of thinkers, I believe her main point is that "Prewriting triggers some of these mental processes, enabling writers to set productive goals that will help them discover their words and ideas" (108). Prewriting is what seems to be the key goal behind her discussion though it is only mentioned a few times throughout the long chapter. I agree with her that looking at how our students prepare to write a piece will give us great insight into how they think. What I'm not sure about is what  more we can do to adjust our teaching to meet these different ways of thinking. She doesn't give us much to go on in terms of responding to the different levels of cognition in our students.  I guess it is something for us to keep in mind when grading/responding, I just wanted a little more in terms of methodology.