Open AccessStudents' Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding the Use of E-Portfolio as an Alternative Form of Assessment: Results from a Pilot Survey in Greek Primary Education
Author(s) -
Vasiliki Zafiropoulou,
Μαρία Δάρρα
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5476
DOI - 10.5296/ije.v11i1.14350
Subject(s) - mathematics education , psychology , portfolio , medical education , intervention (counseling) , sample (material) , medicine , chemistry , chromatography , psychiatry , financial economics , economics
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of the eportfolio to the development of positive attitudes and beliefs of students towards school and learning, as well as to the acquisition of self-assessment skills by students. The method used is the experiment using an experimental and a control group and two pre and post measurements. The survey was carried out during the first trimester of the school year 2016-2017 and a sample of 40 pupils of the second grade of the elementary school in the city of Rhodes. The findings of the survey show that students of both groups after the end of the intervention have a more positive attitude towards school and learning, but the experimental group that utilized the eportfolio has even higher rates of positive responses. In addition, in relation to the contribution of the eportfolio to the development of self-assessment skills by students, the students of the e-portfolio experimental group evaluated their performance higher than their teacher's assessment.