Portfolios can be used as a self-esteem booster. A teacher must be careful to NOT speak in terms to the child as personal attacks about his or her choices of work but rather focus on issues of merit, goal setting, critiquing and new ideas. The principle is about growth.
Students have great pride in their culminations. They have something concrete to use as their own personal guide. There is less likelihood of comparing their work with others. Portfolio assessment focuses on the unique individual, drawing out their best.
Portfolios are child-oriented. Learning how to analyze what is your best and how to make your best even better. If you are considering using portfolios in your classroom, perhaps the following sites with give you some beneficial information in which to apply for your specific classroom needs.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides... simply explains what this type of assessment is and what it can do for your students.
"Portfolios are collections of student work representing a selection of performance. Portfolios in classrooms today are derived from the visual and performing arts tradition in which they serve to showcase artists' accomplishments and personally favored works. A portfolio may be a folder containing a student's best pieces and the student's evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces. It may also contain one or more works-in-progress that illustrate the creation of a product, such as an essay, evolving through various stages of conception, drafting, and revision."
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/notes/5/portf... reveals notes from research. ""Organic" portfolio assessment relates to assessment which grows out of natural interactions and activities in the classroom."
http://www.eyesoftime.com/teacher/pfolio... give information on what a teacher portfolio is and why a teacher might consider having a portfolio. Students learn by example, right? What better way to experience the learning process of your students, than to actually own the experience personally?
"A Teacher Portfolio is a compilation of things that teacher has done, both in the classroom and elsewhere. Remember that this is a subjective document and may not be universally accepted as a valid tool. It is designed to display that teacher's talents and proficiencies. It demonstrates a teacher's knowledge and skills. What the teacher includes is always a matter of intent. The question that should be asked is, What am I trying to tell the reader about myself?"
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