A Sociocultural Perspective on Second Language Writing: The Effect of Symmetrical versus Asymmetrical Scaffolding on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Writing Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity and Their Attitudes

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the PET, pretest, and post-test (n = 30).

Test	Components	Groups	Range	Mean	SD
PET	—	H-H	34	158.43	12.87
	—	L-L	34	157.03	13.19
	—	H-L	34	156.13	13.13
Pretest	Accuracy	H-H	0.20	0.25	0.06
		L-L	0.20	0.27	0.06
		H-L	0.25	0.27	0.07
	Complexity	H-H	5.20	4.17	0.95
		L-L	5.70	4.43	1.05
		H-L	1.90	4.45	0.63
	Fluency	H-H	3.50	8.18	1.16
		L-L	4.50	7.89	1.45
		H-L	4.80	8.60	1.39
Post-test	Accuracy	H-H	0.25	0.31	0.08
		L-L	0.25	0.26	0.07
		H-L	0.25	0.29	0.07
	Complexity	H-H	3.80	6.17	0.80
		L-L	2.86	5.11	1.14
		H-L	2.34	5.62	1.16
	Fluency	H-H	5.44	8.98	1.26
		L-L	1.81	8.58	1.39
		H-L	4.73	8.54	1.27