Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, cilt.2, sa.3, ss.63-72, 2011 (Hakemli Dergi)
Portfolio assessment has gained importance in the last twenty years and has been in use at different areas in
education. Foreign language teaching is one of them. This study aims to find out the opinions of students on
portfolio assessment. The study was implemented in a secondary school English preparatory class. As part of
the study, portfolios and portfolio assessment activities were integrated into the program in a treatment
group. The analysis of student responses showed that portfolio assessment is a fair method, compared to
traditional assessments it is a more down-to-earth approach, it increases student responsibility and motivates
students positively. On the other hand, student responses revealed some negative results, like portfolio studies
take time, there is a need to include various types of a lot of tasks in portfolios, and self-evaluations, reviews
and corrections of student work entail a lot of student and teacher effort.