2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Developmental Research on Betterment of Teaching and Evaluation Using Portfolio Assessment

Research Project

Project/Area Number	14310141
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	National Institute for Educational Policy Research
Principal Investigator	TAKAURA Katsuyoshi NIER, Dept.of Elementary and Secondary Education, Director, 初等中等教育研究部, 部長 (40110093)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KAWAI Hisashi NIER, Dept.of Research Planning and Development, Deputy Director, 研究企画開発部, 企画調整官 (30214589) ARIMOTO Masahiro NIER, Dept.of Elementary and Secondary Education, Researcher, 初等中等教育研究部, 総括研究官 (80193093) SHIMIZU Katsuhiko Tokyo University of Science, Assistant Professor, 理学部, 助教授 (00192609) MATSUO Tomoaki NIER, Dept.of Elementary and Secondary Education, Researcher, 初等中等教育研究部, 主任研究官 (80320993) YAMAMORI Koyo NIERR, Dept.of Elementary and Secondary Education, Researcher, 初等中等教育研究部, 研究員 (60370079)
Project Period (FY)	2002 – 2004
Keywords	portfolio assessment / the problem-solving evaluation paradigm / unification of teaching and learning / self-evaluation ability / accountability / rubric
Research Abstract	The present study inquired to apply portfolio assessment as alternative method to grasp and evaluate students' academic achievement. The theoretical examination and the practical study in classroom setting were carried out. In the former examination, a new educational evaluation, i.e. the problem-solving evaluation paradigm, was advocated and a model to accomplish these three purposes ; integrating teaching and evaluation systematically, enhancing students' self-regulation for learning, and performing accountability for stakeholders, was developed. In the latter, more than 30 elementary and lower secondary school participated to the practical research to scrutinize the effect of the model for all school subject, moral education, and extra-curricular activity with developing rubric. The result of these two phase study suggested that the problem-solving evaluation paradigm is helpful to accomplish the three purposes.