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Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Keywords

Motivation in education; Portfolios in education;

Abstract

As the drop out rates of high schools across the country reach 30 percent, the need for teachers to be able to motivate students becomes increasingly important. Alternative assessments (especially performance based) have become a popular trend in schools and have proven to give a more accurate display of students' skills and knowledge than standardized tests. This paper investigates the different kinds of digital or electronic portfolios, and the process of creating and implementing digital portfolios in order to help determine the role they could play as a method of alternative assessment as well as motivating students.

Year of Submission

2003

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

First Advisor

Terri Lynn McDonald

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Date Original

2003

Object Description

1 PDF file (22 pages)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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