Innovative assessments

The research made by Birgin and Baki (2007), The use of Portfolio to Assess Student’s Performance is included in the Turkish Science Education Journal, vol, 4, issue, 2 , September 2007. The authors’ purpose is to introduce portfolio assessment method commonly used in educational contexts recently. They claim that learning approaches have changed and as a result they have affected assessment procedures. As a consequence, an alternative method is needed. Portfolio is then seen as “systematic and purposeful collection of the evidence which reflect the success, performance, and efforts of the students in one or more areas over a period of time” (Birgin & Baki, 2007, p. 78). Throughout the paper, Birgin and Baki (2007) show the different applications and different types of portfolios depending on the purpose and contents. They also explain the advantages of using portfolio assessment methods over the standarized testing as well as they describe the problems and disadvantages of using this alternative assessment method. In order to use portfolio as an assessment tool effectively, teachers need “to determine the purpose, plan its items ... and explain their assessement criteria clearly” (Birgin & Barki, 2007, p. 86).



















Reference
Birgin, O. & Baki, A. (2007). The use of portfolio to assess student’s performance. Turkish Science Education Journal, 4(2), 75-87.