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Portfolio: Is it a valid and reliable assessment instrument for academic writing skills?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	McClay, Deirdre.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This paper critiques one assessment strategy of a level 9 academic writing module. The module supports masters students in a School of Business by utilising a number of innovative approaches to teaching and assessing of academic writing skills. The assessment instruments include a portfolio of evidence of improvement in writing skills and a series of online discussion postings; the module is 100% continuously assessed. The use of portfolio is critiqued based on both validity and reliability of the assessment instrument, and also on conformity with the concept of formative assessment. 1: Introduction The system for critique is an assessment strategy of a masters level, 5 credit, academic writing module. The module is designed to support taught masters students in a School of Business, and is 100% continuously assessed. It provides a novel approach to the teaching and assessment of writing skills, using a virtual learning environment (VLE) with assessed discussion postings and a portfolio. Investigation of this assessment strategy may add to the body of work on supporting student writing (Wingate, 2006; Dowling and Ryan, 2007; Cleary et al, 2009). The focus of this critique is a portfolio of evidence of improvement in writing skills. It includes: 1. Tutor and peer review of a draft assignment from another module, usually the dissertation proposal. 2. Final, re-drafted assignment based on feedback from peer and tutor review (Bharuthram and McKenna, 2006). 3. Reflective account of improvement in writing skills. 4. In-class reflections on current state of knowledge, explicitly linked to improvement in writing skills within the reflective account.
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Language	English
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