Portfolios in Education

Definitions
Purpose
Needs
Characteristics
What caution should be kept while reporting child's progress
Kinds of portfolios
What should be included in portfolio
Traditional vs. Portfolio assessment
Advantages
Disadvantages

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2. Name: Muhammad Munsif Roll NO: MSF1900315 Topic: Portfolios Class: M.Phil Education Subject: Advance assessment and evaluation

3. Sequence of presentation Definitions Purpose Needs Characteristics What caution should be kept while reporting child's progress Kinds of portfolios What should be included in portfolio Traditional vs. Portfolio assessment Advantages Disadvantages

4. A portfolio is a collection of student work that can be demonstrate learning and be used as an effective assessment learning tool. A meaningful collection of students works that exemplifies the student’s interests ,range of skills attitudes and development over a period of time. It is a recording and reporting tool Compilation of child's work over a period of time What are Portfolios?

5. Provides holistic picture of a child’s progress A portfolio illustrates learning. It is student's personal reflection of what they know and what they can do. Portfolio assessment Portfolio assessment is an evaluative tool used to document student learning through a series of student-developed artifacts. Contd :

6. Portfolio assessment has clear goals. They are decided on at the beginning of instruction and clear to teacher and students Portfolio assessment gives a profile of learning abilities in terms of depth, breadth and growth. Purpose of portfolio assessment

7. Portfolio assessment is tool for assessing a variety of skills not normally testable in a single setting for traditional setting Develops awareness of own learning by the student caters to individuals in a heterogeneous class. Develop social skills. Student interact with other in the development of their own portfolio. Promotes independent and active learners. Can improve motivation for learning thus achievement. Provide opportunity for student-teacher dialogue

8. To get the authentic information for reporting To maintain objectivity in reporting. To support evidence based learning To get the holistic picture of child’s behavior (cognitive, affective, psychomotor) Why do we need portfolio?

9. To provides progress over a period of time helps to identify learning gaps. Helps to know strengths and gap areas of child’s learning. Facilitates to design and devise interventions timely. Contd :

10. E-Portfolio Concrete form Soft form Folder Computer/mobile Kept in classroom Easy to share Seen individually Kinds of portfolios

11. Sample worksheets Creative writing: Poems, song, stories, narrative Reports on visit/activity Test Paper Art and craft work: Paper folding,origami,greeting cards Projects/Assignments. What should we included in portfolio

12. Beyond classroom activities works Letters to friends and relations Drawing: Work at home, vacations Creating cards for Eid Collection of materials: Stamps/Leaves/Photographs List of stories/books read by a child Stories/songs written by a child Contd :

13. Clearly defined purpose and learning targets. Systematic and organized collection of students products Pre-established guidelines for what will be included. Students selection of some of what is included. Characteristics of Portfolios

14. Students self reflection and self evaluation. Progress documented with specific products. Clear and appropriate criteria for evaluating students products Portfolio conferences between students and teachers. Contd :

15. Actual work done by a child/children over a period, hence to be analyzed in sequence and logical manner Should not consider only test scores and their average. Take in to account of quantitative and qualitative information. Should not be biased in reporting. What caution should be kept while reporting child's progress

16. Along with grade remark should be analyzed. Strong point need to be highlighted Weakness gap /areas should be reported with suggestions and corrective measures. Contd :

17. Difference between traditional vs portfolio Assessment

18. Advantages of Portfolio Promote student self assessment. Promote collaborative assessment. Enhances student motivation. Systematic assessment is ongoing. Focus is on improvement, not comparisons with others. Focus is on student strengths what they can do.

19. Provides concrete examples of parents conferences. Improves student’s cognitive ability to understand their own learning process. Promote assessment of a wider range of learning styles. Promote creativity, individuality and uniqueness in the assessment of learning. Encourage student’s active involvement in the assessment process.

20. Scoring difficulties may lead to low reliability. Time consuming to develop criteria, score and meet with students. Students may not make good selections of which materials to include. Sampling of student products may lead to weak generalization. Parents may find portfolios difficult to understand. Disadvatages of portfolio