The Relationship Between Motivation to Write and Writing Outcomes in Middle and High School Students

• In Event: Poster Session 14
  In Poster Session: Advances in Reading and Writing Research

Abstract

Presently, writing receives less instructional time in classrooms, despite industry, policy makers, and other stakeholders increasingly call for a focus on the development of writing skills. Moreover, research has only begun to document a direct relationship between writing achievement and writing motivation. For this study, we examined the impacts of global motivation to write, students’ perceived value of writing achievement, and students’ self-beliefs as writers on their writing outcomes. Our study adds support to previous work on writing motivation by demonstrating that students’ motivation to write is correlated strongly with their writing achievement. Moreover, we identify specific variables related to motivation that are influencing writing achievement.

Authors

• Katherine Landau Wright, Boise State University

• Tracey S. Hodges, University of Alabama

• Esther Alice Enright, Boise State University