Promoting self-regulated learning through portfolio assessment: testimony and recommendations

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 699-714

  Lam, Ricky ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

conceptual model; EFL writing; feedbackz; portfolio assessment; self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902437800     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.862211     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Alderson, J. C., and L. Hamp-Lyons. 1996. "TOEFL Preparation Courses: A Study of Washback." Language Testing 13 (3): 280-297.
2. Andrade, H., and Y. Du. 2007. "Student Response to Criteria-referenced Self-assessment." Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 32 (2): 159-181.
3. Atai, M. R., and M. Alipour. 2012. "The Effect of the Combination of Small-group Conferencing and Portfolio Procedure on EFL Students' Writing Accuracy." Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 6 (2): 97-112.
4. Aydin, S. 2010. "EFL Writers' Perceptions of Portfolio Keeping." Assessing Writing 15 (3): 194-203.
5. Bachman, L. F., and A. S. Palmer. 1996. Language Testing in Practice: Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
6. Badger, R., and G. White. 2000. "A Process Genre Approach to Teaching Writing." ELT Journal 54 (2): 153-160.
7. Belanoff, P., and M. Dickson, eds. 1991. Portfolios: Process and Product. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
8. Birjandi, R., and N. Hadidi Tamjid. 2012. "The Role of Self-, Peer and Teacher Assessment in Promoting Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Performance." Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 37 (5): 513-533.
9. Boekaerts, M. 1999. "Self-regulated Learning: Where We are Today." International Journal of Educational Research 31 (6): 445-457.
10. Brown, H. D. 2004. Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices. New York: Longman.
11. Brown, J. D., and T. Hudson. 1998. "The Alternatives in Language Assessment." TESOL Quarterly 32 (4): 653-675.
12. Butler, D. L., and P. H. Winne. 1995. "Feedback and Self-regulated Learning: A Theoretical Synthesis." Review of Educational Research 65 (3): 245-281.
13. Chen, Y. M. 2006. "EFL Instruction and Assessment with Portfolios: A Case Study in Taiwan." The Asian EFL Journal 8 (1): 69-96.
14. Coombe, C., and L. Barlow. 2004. "The Reflective Portfolio: Two Case Studies from the United Arab Emirates." English Teaching Forum 42 (1): 18-23.
15. Cresswell, A. 2000. "Self-monitoring in Student Writing: Developing Learner Responsibility." ELT Journal 54 (3): 235-244.
16. Crusan, D. 2010. "Assess Thyself Lest Others Assess Thee." In Practicing Theory in Second Language Writing, edited by T. Silva and P. K. Matsuda, 245-262. West Lafayette, IN: Parlour Press.
17. Delett, J. S., S. Barnhardt, and J. A. Kevorkian. 2001. "A Framework for Portfolio Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom." Foreign Language Annals 34 (6): 559-568.
18. Fox, J., and P. Hartwick. 2011. "Taking a Diagnostic Turn: Reinventing the Portfolio in EAP Classrooms." In Classroom-based Language Assessment, edited by D. Tsagari and I. Csépes, 47-61. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
19. Gearhart, M., and J. L. Herman. 1998. "Portfolio Assessment: Whose Work is it? Issues in the Use of Classroom Assignments for Accountability." Educational Assessment 5 (1): 41-55.
20. Genesee, F., and J. A. Upshur. 1996. Classroom-based Evaluation in Second Language Education. New York: Cambridge University Press.
21. De Guerrero, M. C. M., and O. S. Villamil. 2000. "Activating the ZPD: Mutual Scaffolding in L2 Peer Revision." The Modern Language Journal 84(1): 51-68.
22. Hamp-Lyons, L. 1996. "The Challenges of Second-language Writing Assessment." In Assessment of Writing: Politics, Policies and Practices, edited by E. White, W. Lutz and S. Kamusikiri, 226-240. New York: Modern Language Association of America.
23. Hamp-Lyons, L. 2003. "Writing Teachers as Assessors of Writing." In Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing, edited by B. Kroll, 162-189. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
24. Hamp-Lyons, L. 2006. "Feedback in Portfolio-based Writing Courses." In Feedback in Second Language Writing Contexts and Issues, edited by K. Hyland and F. Hyland, 140-161. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
25. Hamp-Lyons, L. 2007. "The Impact of Testing Practices on Teaching: Ideologies and Alternatives." In International Handbook of English Language Teaching, edited by J. Cummins and C. Davison, 487-504. Norwell, MA: Springer.
26. Hamp-Lyons, L., and W. Condon. 1993. "Questioning Assumptions about Portfolio-based Assessment." College Composition and Communication 44 (2): 176-190.
27. Hamp-Lyons, L., and W. Condon. 2000. Assessing the Portfolio: Issues for Research, Theory and Practice. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
28. Hirvela, A., and Y. L. Sweetland. 2005. "Two Case Studies of L2 Writers' Experiences Across Learning-directed Portfolio Contexts." Assessing Writing 10 (3): 192-213.
29. Huot, B. 2002. "Toward a New Discourse of Assessment for the College Writing Classroom." College English 65 (2): 163-180.
30. Hyland, F. 2011. "The Language Learning Potential of Form-focused Feedback on Writing: Students' and Teachers' Perceptions." In Learning-to-write and Writing-to-learn in an Additional Language, edited by R. M. Manchón, 159-180. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
31. Koretz, D. 1998. "Large-scale Portfolio Assessments in the US: Evidence Pertaining to the Quality of Measurement." Assessment in Education 5 (3): 309-332.
32. Lam, R. 2010a. "The Role of Self-assessment in Student's Writing Portfolios: A Classroom Investigation." TESL Reporter 43 (2): 16-34.
33. Lam, R. 2010b. "A Peer Review Training Workshop: Coaching Students to give and Evaluate Peer Feedback." TESL Canada Journal 27 (2): 114-127.
34. Lam, R. 2013a. "Two Portfolio Systems: EFL Students' Perceptions of Writing Ability, Text Improvement, and Feedback." Assessing Writing 18 (2): 132-153.
35. Lam, R. 2013b. "The Relationship between Assessment Types and Text Revision." ELT Journal 67 (4): 446-458.
36. Lam, R., and I. Lee. 2010. "Balancing the Dual Functions of Portfolio Assessment." ELT Journal 64 (1): 54-64.
37. Lee, I. 2007. "Feedback in Hong Kong Secondary Writing Classrooms: Assessment for Learning or Assessment of Learning?" Assessing Writing 12 (3): 180-198.
38. Lee, I. 2008. "Understanding Teachers' Written Feedback Practices in Hong Kong Secondary Classrooms." Journal of Second Language Writing 17 (2): 69-85.
39. Lee, I. 2011. "Issues and Challenges in Teaching and Learning EFL Writing: The Case of Hong Kong." In Foreign Language Writing Instruction: Principles and Practices, edited by T. Cimasko and M. Reichelt, 118-137. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press.
40. Liu, N. F., and D. Carless. 2006. "Peer Feedback: The Learning Element of Peer Assessment." Teaching in Higher Education 11 (3): 279-290.
41. Lo, Y. F. 2010. "Implementing Reflective Portfolios for Promoting Autonomous Learning among EFL College Students in Taiwan." Language Teaching Research 14 (1): 77-95.
42. Nicol, D., and D. Macfarlane-Dick. 2006. "Formative Assessment and Self-regulated Learning: A Model and Seven Principles of Good Feedback Practice." Studies in Higher Education 31 (2): 199-218.
43. Nunes, A. 2004. "Portfolios in the EFL Classroom: Disclosing an Informed Practice." ELT Journal 58 (4): 327-335.
44. Paris, S. G.,J. P. Byrnes, and A. H. Paris. 2001. "Constructing Theories, Identities, and Actions of Self-regulated Learners." In Self-regulated Learning and Academic Achievement, 2nd ed., edited by B. Zimmerman and D. Schunk, 239-272. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
45. Paris, S. G., and A. H. Paris. 2001. "Classroom Applications of Research on Self-regulated Learning." Educational Psychologist 36 (2): 89-101.
46. Park, G. 2013. "Writing is a Way of Knowing: Writing and Identity." ELT Journal 67 (3): 336-345.
47. Qi, L. X. 2007. "Is Testing an Efficient Agent for Pedagogical Change? Examining the Intended Washback of the Writing Task in a High-stakes English Test in China." Assessment in Education 14 (1): 51-74.
48. Richardson, S. 2000. "Students' Conditioned Response to Teachers' Response: Portfolio Proponents, Take Note!" Assessing Writing 7 (2): 117-141.
49. Romova, Z., and M. Andrew. 2011. "Teaching and Assessing Academic Writing via the Portfolio: Benefits for Learners of English as an Additional Language." Assessing Writing 16 (2): 111-122.
50. Sengupta, S. 1998. "From Text Revision to Text Improvement: A Story of Secondary School Composition." RELC Journal 29 (1): 110-137.
51. Sengupta, S. 2000. "An Investigation into the Effects of Revision Strategy Instruction on L2 Secondary School Learners." System 28 (1): 97-113.
52. Shehadeh, A. 2011. "Effects and Student Perceptions of Collaborative Writing in L2." Journal of Second Language Writing 20 (4): 286-305.
53. Shohamy, E. 2001. The Power of Tests: A Critical Perspective on the Uses of Language Tests. Harlow: Longman.
54. Song, B., and B. August. 2002. "Using Portfolios to Assess the Writing of ESL Students: A Powerful Alternative?" Journal of Second Language Writing 11 (1): 49-72.
55. Taras, M. 2003. "To Feedback or not to Feedback in Student Self-assessment." Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 28 (5): 549-565.
56. Tsui, A. B. M., and M. Ng. 2000. "Do Secondary L2 Writers Benefit from Peer Comments?" Journal of Second Language Writing 9 (2): 147-170.
57. Weigle, S. C. 2002. Assessing Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
58. Weigle, S. C. 2007. "Teaching Writing Teachers about Assessment." Journal of Second Language Writing 16 (3): 194-209.
59. White, E. M. 1994. Teaching and Assessing Writing: Recent Advances in Understanding, Evaluating and Improving Student Performance. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
60. White, E. M. 2005. "The Scoring of Writing Portfolios: Phase 2." College Composition and Communication 56 (4): 581-599.
61. Willard-Traub, M., E. Decker, R. Reed, and J. Johnston. 1999. "The Development of Large-scale Portfolio Placement Assessment at the University of Michigan: 1992-1998." Assessing Writing 6 (1): 41-84.
62. Yancey, K. B. 2009. "Electronic Portfolios a Decade into the Twenty-first Century: What we Know, What we Need to Know." Peer Review 11 (1): 28-33.
63. Zhang, S. 1995. "Re-examining the Affective Advantages of Peer Feedback in the ESL Writing Class." Journal of Second Language Writing 4 (3): 209-222.
64. Ziegler, N. A., and A. J. Moeller. 2012. "Increasing Self-regulated Learning Through the LinguaFolio." Foreign Language Annals 45 (3): 330-348.
65. Zimmerman, B., and D. H. Schunk, eds. 2001. Self-regulated Learning and Academic Achievement: Theoretical Perspectives. 2nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.