The Self Assessment Portfolio As A Method Of Assessment

will be the second year where German 1, 2X, 3X, and AP levels have used a language portfolio. For these classes, a language portfolio is an integral part of students learning process. Thinking more deeply and after 3 weeks of mandatory reading how I want to conduct my research, I believe I will stay with qualitative research. As Johnson and Christensen state â€Å"qualitative research relies on the collection of qualitative data such as non-numerical data like words and pictures† (p. 418). Because a language portfolio in German classes is still type of discovery and exploration, I think this research will be more an open – ended way, â€Å"without prior expectations, and the develop hypothesis and theoretical explanations will be based on the interpretations of what is observed† (p. 418). This exploratory qualitative case study examines the introduction of the self-assessment portfolio as a method of assessment in German as a Foreign Language classes at Stevenson High School. 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