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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"electronic portfolios"”.
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Using a Reflective Process to Implement Electronic Portfolios
… school teacher during the implementation of electronic portfolios. The primary topics highlighted are: general information regarding portfolios; reflection; and issues that arose during the study. The classroom teacher in this particular study worked in Southwest Virginia at a modern …
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A quantitative study focusing on the effect of electronic portfolios in teacher education
Portfolios have been used in the field of education as a form of assessment since the 1980s. As time has progressed, portfolios have transitioned from paper to electronic form. Research on electronic portfolios has focused on implementation issues and their impact on student learning. There has …
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The Cost-Reward Analysis of Electronic Portfolios: Towards Best Practice and Improved Student Engagement
… the social exchange theory framework with electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) systems in a cost-reward analysis to identify specific observable elements of the system that would lead users to either a) compliance or b) quality engagement with the system. This thesis utilized three studies …
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Electronic Portfolios as Living Portals: A Narrative Inquiry Into College Student Learning, Identity, and Assessment
<p>As universities increasingly utilize electronic portfolios, college students are asked more than ever to create ePortfolios for academics, assessment, or advising. This study shifts an analysis of ePortfolios from prior epistemological approaches, where ePortfolios have been explored as a tool …
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In Transition: An Activity Theoretical Analysis Examining Electronic Portfolio Tools' Mediation Of The Preservice Teacher's Authoring Experience
… Dr. Donna Baumbach Dr. Gail West Background: Electronic portfolios are increasingly used to make critical decisions about teacher candidates and program accreditation. Adoption rates for portfolios are at nearly 90% for schools, colleges, and departments of education (Salzman, Denner, & …
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Electronic Portfolio Adoption: Developing a Framework by Exploring Faculty Perspectives Through the Lens of Diffusion of Innovation Theory
The use of electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) to support learning, assessment, and professional development across higher education has increased in recent years. However, higher education faculty who are instrumental to successful adoption and implementation are not often invited as active …
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Factors that predict the use of metacognitive strategies in the middle school classroom.
… with preservice teachers and their instructors, electronic portfolios, and teachers' reflections. Data collected through electronic portfolios were used to triangulate these data sources. Data drawn from these observations were analyzed by using the analytical tool, NVIVO7, which guided the …
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Electronic Teacher Portfolio
… project is to determine the value of using an electronic teacher portfolio to document instructional methods and strategies. Research suggested the possible use of electronic portfolios by teachers to compile genuine representations of their personal style, creativity, and methodology.</p> …
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The Impact of Digital Portfolios on the Economics End of Course Assessment
<p>Digital Portfolios, also known as electronic portfolios, became more visible in the educational landscape. This study employs a causal comparative design to assess the impact of web-based digital portfolios on seniors’ standardized economics assessment scores at a Metro Atlanta high school. The …
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Measuring the effects of an instructional scaffolding intervention on reflective thinking in elemetary preservice teacher developmental portfolios
… study was designed to determine whether teacher portfolios can be validly and reliably assessed, to investigate the effect of an instructional tool on increasing the level of reflective thinking in elementary preservice teachers’ portfolios, and to find whether electronic portfolios designed and …
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Using partial least squares approach to predict factors that contribute to the impact of e-folios on pre-service teachers' learning
… program. One such alternative is the electronic portfolio. This study investigated the use of Louisiana colleges and universities' electronic portfolio system known as PASS-PORT. The purpose of this study was to predict the factors that contribute to the impact PASS-PORT's working …
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The Effectiveness of Self-Assessment and its Viability in the Electronic Medium
… in recent years self-assessment has appeared in electronic portfolios – a medium often used to collate assessments and other educational requirements. This thesis evaluates the effectiveness of self-assessment, in particular delivered via an e-portfolio, to determine if it:<br/>? Improves the …