Implementing Student Portfolios in an Early Childhood Program.

Gelfer, Jeffrey I.

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ERIC Number: EJ479938

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Implementing Student Portfolios in an Early Childhood Program.

Gelfer, Jeffrey I.

Early Child Development and Care, v97 p145-54 1994

Discusses the implementation and evaluation of a program designed to introduce student portfolios in place of formal assessments at a university preschool. Parents of an experimental group of 20 students who constructed portfolios had a better understanding of the preschool program's cognitive and academic components than parents of a control group. (MDM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Informal Assessment, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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