The Power of Portfolios
Subtitle: What Children Can Teach Us About Learning and Assessment
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: August 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780787958718
Subjects: Educational administration; Teaching skills & techniques; Methods Of Instruction And Study (General); Elementary Education; Education / Teaching; Testing & Measurement; Education; USA; Portfolios in education; Elementary; Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning; Education / Administration; Educational tests and measurem; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Educational tests and measurements
First sentence: A delegation of second graders, each with a red-roped archival envelope secured under one arm, was walking purposefully down the hallway in the direction of the first grade classrooms.
Description: How should a student's learning be measured and assessed? Standardized tests identify the most knowledgeable child, whereas student portfolios can identify the knowledge level of each individual child. In The power of portfolios, Elizabeth A. Hebert offers a practical and imaginative approach for using portfolios with elementary level students and shows how the portfolio process can serve as a powerful motivational tool by encouraging students to assess their own work, set goals, and take responsibility for future learning. Throughout the book Hebert relates stories that illuminate the lessons learned -- by the students, teachers, and principal -- from a school that has used portfolios for more than a decade. Rather than prescribing what the portfolio should contain and how it should be assessed, she offers practical guidance, including classroom exercises, for making the portfolio experience a success for the students, the teachers, and the school as a whole.