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Portfolios as a Tool for AfL and Student Motivation: Are They Related?
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Baas, Diana; Vermeulen, Marjan; Castelijns, Jos; Martens, Rob; Segers, Mien – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2020
The power of portfolios in enhancing student motivation is frequently emphasised. Portfolios are conceptualised as a tool to implement Assessment for Learning (AfL) in classroom practice. However, the relation between portfolios and AfL on the one hand, and student motivation on the other hand, is complex and subject to many assumptions. This…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
Effects of a Strategy-Focused Instructional Program on the Writing Quality of Upper Elementary Students in the Netherlands
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Bouwer, Renske; Koster, Monica; van den Bergh, Huub – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
In this study, the authors tested the effects of Tekster [Texter], a comprehensive strategy-focused writing instruction program, using a switching replication design with three measurement occassions. The program was implemented by fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers (N = 76) in 60 general education classrooms in the Netherlands. Students (n =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction