The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of lessons adopting portfolio assessment regarding feedback on elementary school student`s scientific knowledges, inquiry abilities and their perceptions of it. For this study, two classes of 5th...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of lessons adopting portfolio assessment regarding feedback on elementary school student`s scientific knowledges, inquiry abilities and their perceptions of it. For this study, two classes of 5th grade elementary school in suburb were selected. As an experimental group, one class was selected to apply the lessons adopting portfolio assessment regarding feedback, and the other class as a control group was selected to apply the lessons adopting portfolio assessment without feedback. The investigator taught and assessed both group students. The results showed a significant difference in scientific knowledge between the experimental group and the control group (p<.05). More detailed analysis of scientific knowledge found that the feedback effect was statistically positive in the memory and the understanding domain, but there was no effect in the application domain. No statistical difference was identified in inquiry abilities. The results of the questionnaire on the perceptions of portfolio assessment showed that students of the experimental group had higher positive responses on the `perception about the effects of lesson` and on the `perception in scientific attitudes` than the control group. However, the control group students had higher positive responses on the `perception about self-evaluate of their own portfolio` and the `perception about need of feedback` than the experimental group.