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ERIC Number: EJ1196634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2157-622X
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Impact of a Portfolio Program on Self-Assessment Skills Involving General Longitudinal Outcomes
Scartabello, Thomas; Abate, Marie; Slimak, Louis
International Journal of ePortfolio, v8 n2 p103-114 2018
Self-assessment is important in student and professional development. This study evaluated the impact of a structured electronic portfolio program that provided primarily global feedback on pharmacy students' self-assessment skills related to five general outcomes over a two-year period. The self-assessed outcomes, common to many academic programs, were communication/cultural competence, critical thinking/problem solving, evidence-based practice, professionalism/leadership, and teamwork/inter-professional collaboration. The primary outcome measure was a change in scores for each outcome from the students' earliest gradable submission to their latest over a two-year period, using a scoring rubric (maximum = 21 points) to evaluate self-assessment quality. Mean scores improved significantly for all outcomes. From the earliest to latest portfolio submissions across all longitudinal outcomes, rubric scores improved in 61% of submissions, remained the same in 16%, and decreased in 23%. A total of 141 submissions (41%) had a score increase of two or more points, with 45 entries (13%) increasing by > four points. Only 37 (11%) had a decrease in score of two or more points, with just nine entries (3%) showing a decrease of > four points. This article describes a unique portfolio program to develop students' self-assessment skills, including improvements that can be extrapolated to students across many academic disciplines.
Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia. North Instructional Plaza, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. e-mail: ijep@vt.edu; Web site: http://www.theijep.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: West Virginia
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