The Development and Application of An Assessment System of Digital Portfolio in Elementary Science Teaching

• Main Authors: Li Yu Cheng, 李侑政
• Other Authors: 賴阿福
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73928390824396733145

碩士 === 臺北市立師範學院 === 科學教育研究所 === 91 === The major purpose of this study was to design and construct a web-based Digital Portfolio system which was implemented in a practical elementary science class. The system was based on the concept of portfolio assessment and characteristics of Internet. The research method included: literature analysis, survey research method and system development approach. Applying the theory of the Prototyping software technology, through the three phases: analysis, design, development, the system was constructed. This study selects four elementary science classes, two from the fourth grade and two from the fifth grade, as the research samples that conduct the Digital portfolio Assessment. To elevate this system’s function, effectiveness and its influence on elementary students’ learning of nature science and technology as well as student’s attitude and opinions toward this system, several practical methods are manipulated, such as, surveying those samples to appraise this system, investigating attending samples, both teachers and students, by issued those questionnaires, correspondingly, interviewing five students which selected at random. The findings of this research were summarized as follows: 1. Practicing Digital Portfolio Assessment has a positive influence on students’ science learning process. 2. Digital Portfolio Assessment is a suitable Portfolio Assessment tool to evaluate students’ science learning process. 3. The Student Behavior Record helps teacher and researcher to trace student’s learning. 4. Portfolio System increases student’s interest and confidence of learning nature science. 5. The availability of computers and Internet at home and ability of students’ computer literacy as well as the length of the computer using time are crucial for Digital Portfolio Assessment’s perfect performance. Furthermore, suggestions for system designer and developer, system improvement, system implementation, and future research were proposed.