| dc.description.abstract | Writing proficiency is challenging to learn and challenging to teach, the
lecturer should use an appropriate method in their teaching and learning process
that can help them in conducting the writing activities. In this era, portfolio was
introduced in educational life including in the colleges as a way to conduct teaching
and learning process. It has become an alternative to assess the students because it
can integrate instruction and evaluation. The purpose of this study was to explore
students’ opinion on the use and the assessment criteria of portfolio Indonesian
higher education context. This study is qualitative in type of case study research in
which data were gathered from interview, observation, and document analysis. The
study was conducted in Academic reading and Writing class at PBI UII with 34
students involved. This study exposed that portfolio is a purposeful collection of
students’ work. The use of portfolio provided advantages and challenges for the
students. In the implementation, the lecturer used group and personal portfolio.
Furthermore, the assessment criteria used in the classroom was in a form of rubric. | en_US |
