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Discovering the Benefits of Effective Portfolios

Innovative Solutions for the Implementation of Grading Academic Work

M. Scott Norton

The book is intended to serve as a valuable resource/strategy for assessing and evaluating learning during the pandemic but will continue to be of primary help to students and teachers after the pandemic reaches its end.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 100 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4758-6045-0 • Hardback • July 2021 • $67.00 • (£52.00)
978-1-4758-6046-7 • Paperback • July 2021 • $29.00 • (£19.99)
978-1-4758-6047-4 • eBook • July 2021 • $27.50 • (£19.99)
Subjects: Education / Evaluation & Assessment, Education / General, Education / Experimental Methods

M. Scott Norton is a former school-teacher, coordinator of curriculum, assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools. He has served as professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as professor and chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Arizona State University, where he serves as professor emeritus.

Preface

Chapter One: Assessing and Evaluating a Student’s Educational Progress

Chapter Two: The World of Portfolios-How Portfolios are Used, Assessed and Evaluated

Chapter Three: Portfolios with Many Purposes

Chapter Four: Important Portfolios with Various Purposes

Discovering the Benefits of Effective Portfolios

Innovative Solutions for the Implementation of Grading Academic Work

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • The book is intended to serve as a valuable resource/strategy for assessing and evaluating learning during the pandemic but will continue to be of primary help to students and teachers after the pandemic reaches its end.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 100 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-1-4758-6045-0 • Hardback • July 2021 • $67.00 • (£52.00)
    978-1-4758-6046-7 • Paperback • July 2021 • $29.00 • (£19.99)
    978-1-4758-6047-4 • eBook • July 2021 • $27.50 • (£19.99)
    Subjects: Education / Evaluation & Assessment, Education / General, Education / Experimental Methods
Author
Author
  • M. Scott Norton is a former school-teacher, coordinator of curriculum, assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools. He has served as professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as professor and chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Arizona State University, where he serves as professor emeritus.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Chapter One: Assessing and Evaluating a Student’s Educational Progress

    Chapter Two: The World of Portfolios-How Portfolios are Used, Assessed and Evaluated

    Chapter Three: Portfolios with Many Purposes

    Chapter Four: Important Portfolios with Various Purposes

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