1. The High Interest, High
Achievement Theory
Ginny Flannery
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2. What is a Theory?
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3. A Theory is...
• Text’s Definition: A Theory is
define as a set of systematic,
informed hunches about the way
things work.
• Personal Definition: A Theory
is simply an idea. Can either be
used as a hypothesis that needs
to be tested or may be dismissed
as just a theory and cannot be
proven and only a idea, not a
fact.
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4. What isThe High
Interest, High
Achievement Theory?
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5. The High Interest, High
Achievement Theory is a Theory
that states when you are in school
and you are assigned a project or a
paper that you have an interest in
you will achieve higher than a
project or paper in which you have
no interest in.
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6. Is The The High Interest,
High Achievement Theory
Objective or Interpretive?
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7. The High Interest, High
Achievement Theory is an
Interpretive Theory.
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8. What is the History of
The High Interest, High
Achievement Theory?
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9. Being a college student I have been assigned many
papers and projects over the years of my
schooling. During my college experience I have
been forced to take some general education
classes that I have had no interest in what so ever.
The courses I have taken that I have had interest in
I have always received great grades as well as
information I still remember. Recently experiencing
courses with my lack of connection I have grown
to struggle with papers and projects that I never
had a problem with before.
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10. How did the Theory
Develop?
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11. Last semester I was working on a final paper for a class I
had no interest in and found myself very frustrated. I
started thinking back at my other classes I have over
achieved in and they have always been classes that I have
had an interest in. I even looked at my past transcripts and
it was clear that there was a connection with my interest in
a subject and how well I had achieved.
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12. Why is this Theory
Interpretive?
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13. The High Interest, High Achievement Theory is a
Interpretive Theory
Because...
• The Theory has multiple
truths
• The Truth is constructed
through communication
(socially)
• You cannot separate the
knower from the known
• The theory may have
multiple meanings
• The theory focuses on
conscious choices made by
an individual
• Isn’t trying to prove a
Theory
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14. Does it meet the Standards of an
Interpretive Theory?
• It Creates Understanding
• It Identifies Values
• It Inspires aesthetic
appreciation
• It Stimulates Agreement
• It Reforms Society
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15. How Can This Theory
Be Applied in Real Life?
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16. • 1.) Looking at your transcript or report
cards from the past you can look back on
your history of classes and based on your
level of interest in the course you can see
your correlating grades.
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17. • 2.) Away from schooling you can apply this
theory to your work life. People who have
an interest in there jobs as I do tend to put
more effort and time into their jobs. By
putting more effort and time into your job
you will Achieve more in your work.
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18. • You can apply this theory into your
personal life by taking a look at your hobby
or sport of interest. For me that is soccer
and I put much more effort and interest
into soccer than chores around the house.
Therefore I am a higher achiever at soccer
than at the dishes or laundry.
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19. Apply The High Interest,
High Achievement
Theory in your Life...
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20. Works Cited
• A First Look at Communication Theory by
Em Griffin, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
NOOKstudy (Ginny Flannery, GinnyFlannery@Gmail.com). This material is protected
by copyright.
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