CHAPTER 7-PORTFOLIO Flashcards
Purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the students efforts, progress and achievement in one or more areas.
The collection must include student participation in selecting contents, the criteria for selection, the criteria for judging merit and evidence of student self reflection
Portfolio
It is a collection of student works that are associated with standards you are required to learn. This collection of work is often gathered over a long period of time to reflect what you have been taught as well as what you have learned.
Portfolio Assessment
helps reinforce the concept for the student and it provides some clarity for anyone reviewing the portfolio.
Reflection
About the author” and “What my portfolio shows about my progress as a learner
Last process in the portfolio assessment but placed in the beginning.
It summarizes the evidence of student’s learning and progress.
Cover Letter
Shows the pages of all the content of the students portfolio
Table of Contents
It is composed of both core and optional elements. Core items are required for each student and optional items allow the folder to represent student’s uniqueness.
Entries
Facilitate proof of growth overtime
Date of all entries
It is composed of first drafts and corrected/revised versions.
Drafts of Oral/Written Products
It can appear at different stages in the learning process for a formative or summative purposes
Students can reflect on the following questions;
Reflections
This approach involves a collection of work overtime showing growth and improvement reflecting students learning of identified outcomes.
Documentary Portfolio
The collection becomes meaningful when specific items are selected out to focus on particular educational experiences or goals.
Documentary Portfolio
Collection of a student’s day-to-day works that reflect his/her learning.
It contains extensive number of reflective journals think logs and other related forms of metacognitive processing.
Working Portfolio
It only shows the best of students outputs and products.
Showcase Portfolio
The system that a school has developed to guide how teachers assess and grade student work
Grading System
The system that a school has developed for the organization of assignment scores in gradebooks (either online or paper), and the determination of final grades for report cards and transcripts.
Reporting System
Student’s performance are summarized by means of letters
Easy to understand but is limited value when used as the sole report
Combination of achievement, effort, work habits and behaviour
Difficult to interpret
Do not indicate patterns of strengths and weaknesses.
Traditional Letter-Grade System
Utilizes dichotomous grade system
Popular in some courses in college but not very much practiced in basic education
Does not provide much information
Students tends to work minimum just to pass
Pass-Fail System
Objectives of the courses are enumerated
After each objective, students’ level of achievement is indicated
Very detailed reporting system
More informative for parents and students
Time consuming to prepare
Checklist of Objectives
Useful supplement to grades
Limited value as sole resort:
Time consuming to prepare
Accounts of weaknesses are often misinterpreted by parents and guardians
Not systematic nor cumulative
Letters to Parents/Guardians
What are the Basic Components of Grades
Written Works
Performance Tasks
Periodical Test
Properly weight each component to create a composite.
Normally agreed upon by school officials.
Guidelines
more scientific approach but hardly practiced in schools because of difficulty.
Principal Component Analysis
