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Date Posted: 01:56:52 08/08/03 Fri
Author: Maria Juliana de Souza
Subject: Task #15

15TH Task: How can we use portfolios to evaluate our students' progress?
Portfolio assessment is an ongoing process involving the student and teacher in selecting samples of student work for inclusion in a collection, the main purpose of which is to show the student�s progress. This procedure is increasing in the language field, particularly with respect to the writing skill. It makes intuitive sense to involve students in decisions about which pieces of their work to assess and to assure that feedback is provided. Both teacher and peer reviews are important. The greatest benefit of using portfolio assessment is that the students are taught by example to become independent thinkers, and the development of their autonomy as learners is facilitated.
A portfolio is much more than a simple folder of student work. A wide variety of portfolios exist: working portfolio, performance portfolio, assessment portfolio, group portfolio, application portfolio and so on. Depending on the purpose, one is likely to find any of these items: samples of creative work, tests, texts, quizzes, homework, project and assignments, audiotapes of oral work, students diary entries, log of work on particular assignment, self-assessment, comments from peers and comments from teachers.
A portfolio can be used to evaluate students� progress, because it accompanies the students� academic life. It enables teachers, parents and the students to be always side-by-side in the process of learning. Portfolio can be a powerful strategy of learning and evaluating for teachers, students and parents, but it must involve everyone. Everyone involved in the process is supposed to be responsible for his/her part in the process of learning. Portfolio used to evaluate, needs responsible and involved people in the process or it will only be like an �album� or like a �diary� and the most important part of the process will be lost!
Reference:
Student portfolios: classroom use http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/classuse.html
Alternative Assessment and Second Language Study: What and Why? http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/hancoc01.html
Development and Implementation of Student Portfolios in Foreign Language Programs http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/research/portfolio/portfolio1.html

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