Brief or New: Student Learning Portfolios: Balancing Tradition with Innovation

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Jyu Wang ◽  
Hung-Fan Chang

The advantages of portfolios come from observing the student learning process and recording feedback. Students utilized their own learning portfolios to do learning assessment and self-correction. The research that has been done in Taiwan has shown that using a portfolio is effective in improving English speaking performances (ESP). The purpose of this study is to apply the portfolios to assess students’ speaking performances. The researcher administered speaking evaluation forms and the PRCA-24 as the instruments. The PRCA-24 was used to assess students’ communication apprehension and was analyzed by t-test. The major findings were summarized. The portfolios were expected to enhance students’ ESP and intended to reduce students’ communication apprehension through self-monitoring their ESP. Finally, this research can provide valuable perspectives on the use of portfolios and self-monitoring, and prompted the expansion and sustainability of English education system.


Author(s):  
Zachary Lewis ◽  
Katy Kelly

This article describes a private, mid-sized university library’s experience of hosting a music festival-themed event in the library building as part of new student orientation, with program evaluation and student learning assessment at the forefront of planning. The authors and co-planners will discuss four years of data to explore the connection between library outreach and students’ use of the library, their perceptions of the institution, and the role the event plays in shaping student success. It offers recommendations for collaborating with academic libraries and approaches in future cross-campus collaborations, including using a scaffolding approach to outline the goals and assessment of any orientation and outreach event.


Author(s):  
Li-Jyu Wang ◽  
Hung-Fan Chang

The advantages of portfolios come from observing the student learning process and recording feedback. Students utilized their own learning portfolios to do learning assessment and self-correction. The research that has been done in Taiwan has shown that using a portfolio is effective in improving English speaking performances (ESP). The purpose of this study is to apply the portfolios to assess students’ speaking performances. The researcher administered speaking evaluation forms and the PRCA-24 as the instruments. The PRCA-24 was used to assess students’ communication apprehension and was analyzed by t-test. The major findings were summarized. The portfolios were expected to enhance students’ ESP and intended to reduce students’ communication apprehension through self-monitoring their ESP. Finally, this research can provide valuable perspectives on the use of portfolios and self-monitoring, and prompted the expansion and sustainability of English education system.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.15) ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
Wawan H Setyawan ◽  
Rusijono . ◽  
Nurdyansyah . ◽  
Agus Budiman ◽  
Harianto . ◽  
...  

The Electronic Learning (e-Learning) is one of trend education in Indonesia. Mobile learning is a part of electronic learning or better known as e-learning. Regarding the number of users of mobile devices in Indonesia, mobile learning can be used as an alternative to solve problems. The purpose of the mobile learning program is to facilitate student learning wherever and whenever. Because it has characteristics that are pre-practically carried everywhere, mobile learning has its own interests. Therefore, the researchers develop effectiveness mobile-based learning for student problems as the answer to the challenges of the curriculum in Indonesia and to the development of the contemporary model to help students and educators to learn more easily at least to provide student learning motivation. The T-Mobile Learning Model aims to provide a practical knowledge in conducting problem-based learning model on a listening subject that is relevant to the current problems, especially for a new student of the education faculty at Universitas Islam Kadiri. The result shows that the Model can improve the learning in a listening subject which its implementation has been integrated into the special theme from the test scores and students' result. 


2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn S. Potts ◽  
Sarah M. Ginsberg

Abstract In recent years, colleges and universities across the country have been called upon to increase the quality of education provided and to improve student retention rates. In response to this challenge, many faculty are exploring alternatives to the traditional “lecture-centered” approach of higher education in an attempt to increase student learning and satisfaction. Collaborative learning is one method of teaching, which has been demonstrated to improve student learning outcomes.


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