Portfolios as a tool for AfL and student motivation: are they related?

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 444-462

  Baas, Diana ^a,b   Vermeulen, Marjan ^c   Castelijns, Jos ^a   Martens, Rob ^c   Segers, Mien ^b  

^a De Kempel Teacher Education Institute   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment for learning; elementary education; motivation; portfolio assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071342251     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2019.1653824     Document Type: Article

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