Amy C. Crosson|Lindsay Clare Matsumura|Richard Correnti|Anna Arlotta-Guerrero
The Quality of Writing Tasks and Students’ Use of Academic Language in Spanish
University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh
study investigates quality writing tasks assigned native spanish speakers bilingual spanishenglish contexts relationship task quality students use academic register native language fiftysix language arts tasks collected 26 grade 4 5 teachers four student writing samples collected response task n 224 multilevel modeling revealed variation students use key features academic language writing associated cognitive demand writing tasks findings suggest students opportunities respond challenging tasks writing native language rare rigor writing tasks may relate students production development academic language