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Albin1, Benton, Khramtsova

  • 1Kansas State University

Contemporary Educational Psychology
|October 1, 1996
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Student interest in baseball writing significantly influenced the inclusion of game actions and irrelevant details. Topic knowledge also impacted writing maturity, with higher interest leading to more relevant content.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Writing Studies

Background:

  • Student writing is influenced by various factors, including topic interest and prior knowledge.
  • Understanding these influences can optimize writing instruction and topic selection.
  • The Flower and Hayes (1981) writing model provides a framework for analyzing writing processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between individual interest, topic knowledge, and writing quality in undergraduate students.
  • To examine how interest in a topic affects the content and relevance of written narratives.
  • To explore the implications for writing instruction and the selection of writing topics.

Main Methods:

  • Two hundred twenty-four undergraduates wrote about baseball and soccer games.

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  • Students completed interest inventories and knowledge tests for both sports.
  • Hierarchical regression analyses were used to assess relationships between variables.

    • Main Results:

    • Individual interest in baseball positively correlated with the proportion of game actions and irrelevant actions described.
    • Topic knowledge was significantly associated with thematic maturity in writing.
    • Students produced more topic-relevant content when writing about high-interest topics (baseball) compared to low-interest topics (soccer).

    Conclusions:

    • Individual interest is a significant predictor of writing content, influencing the inclusion of relevant and irrelevant details.
    • Topic knowledge plays a crucial role in the development of thematic maturity in student writing.
    • Assigning writing topics aligned with student interests can enhance engagement and the production of more relevant content, supporting existing writing models.