USING PROTFOLIOS TO ENHANCE DIFFERENT SKILLS

There are many different ways to assess, as we have already seen throught the readings. One of these important tools is the portfolio, which I believe is very useful to encourage students towards being more active than passive in their learning process. By using portfolios they are producing motivated to be more independent and resposible for their own process. Furthermore, students can enhance their own critical voice, perceptions and thoughts which are captured inside the protafolios. 

As it is a more or less  independent activity, students are not prepared to carry this task out by their own, a kind of control is still needed. Another aspect that limits the acuracy of portfolios is the fact that teacher´s subjectivity sometimes plays a role when it comes to grading different student´s assigments, so they will vary according to the teacher´s personality or ideas. So, in order to avoid these subjectivity, and used the portfolio not just for the matter of grading, it could be more meaningful for students to understand that using protfolios is good for them to improve their skills.