The Rationale Underlying Portfolio Assessment Is That

question 29

Multiple Choice

The rationale underlying portfolio assessment is that:

• A)multiple measures of performance over time provide a better indication of student strengths and weaknesses.
• B)gathering multiple indicators of performance allows teachers more time to compile student report cards.
• C)single tests to measure student achievement are more time- and cost-efficient than collecting achievement measures over time.
• D)portfolio assessment has been found to be more reliable and valid than classroom-based tests.

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Definitions:

Ecological View

The view, proposed by the Gibsons, that people directly perceive information in the world around them. Perception brings people in contact with the environment so that they can interact with and adapt to it.

Directly Perceive

The process of immediately recognizing and understanding sensory information without the need for conscious reasoning.

Eleanor And James Gibson

Notable psychologists known for their work in perception and the theory of affordances, which suggests that the environment offers opportunities for interaction to organisms.

Habituation

The process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus or environment over time, resulting in a decrease in response.