The relationship between students’ perceptions of portfolio assessment practice and their approaches to learning

Understanding feedback: A learning theory perspective

“…Five reviewed articles examined students' perceptions of the learning environment and feedback (Brandt, 2008;MacDonald, 2001;Segers et al, 2008;Tillema & Smith, 2000;Weaver, 2006). Two of them found significant results.…”

“…They showed that perceptions of feedback significantly influenced perceived outcomes. Segers et al (2008) investigated how perceptions of the learning environment and feedback influenced approaches to learning. Their findings showed that more positive perceptions of quantity and quality of feedback increased their deep approaches to learning, and in addition, that intentions to do something with the received feedback increased their deep approaches of learning.…”

“…Twenty-one articles reasoned from social constructivism: Licklider (1995), Black and Wiliam (1998), Tillema and Smith (2000), MacDonald (2001), Manouchehri (2002), Mory (2003), Schelfhout, Dochy, and Janssens (2004), Gibbs and Simpson (2004), Yang and Liu (2004), Weaver (2006), Hattie and Timperley (2007), Brandt (2008), Segers, Gijbels, and Thurlings (2008), Landry, Anthony, Swank, andMonseque-Bailey (2009), Fund (2010), Gielen, Peeters, Dochy, Onghena, and Struyven (2010), Kretlow and Bartholomew (2010), Li, Liu, and Steckelberg (2010), Martens, de Brabander, Rozendaal, Boekaerts, and Van der Leeden (2010), Colasante (2011), and Van der Kleij, Eggen, Timmers, and Veldkamp (2012).…”

“…This reflects the learning to learn ideas from meta cognitivism. In other words, from a social constructivistic view, it is important that feedback should be acted upon (Gibbs & Simpson, 2004;Segers et al, 2008).…”

Student Teachers’ Attitudes and Perceptions towards Assessment during an Initial Teacher’s Education Programme in Cameroon

“…The social function of assessment, often mediated by summative assessment, has also been an important part of the discourse. Given the social and economic value of academic qualifications (Taras, 2005), assessment of learning has significantly contributed both to subverting and maintaining power relations in different societies (Tabulawa, 1997;Struyven et al, 2005;Segers et al, 2008 (Brown, 2004;Peterson & Irving, 2007). Perceptions are in themselves part and parcel of reality.…”