Getting Disenchanted Adolescents to Participate in School Literacy Activities: Portfolio Conferences

Describes how a portfolio process implemented at an alternative secondary school encouraged resistant students to join in school-related literacy activities. Notes how it also gave the students a chance to self-assess, set and attain goals, and develop a personal relationship with the teacher. (SR)

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Published in:Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 1997-02, Vol.40 (5), p.348-360
Main Authors: Young, Josephine Peyton, Mathews, Samuel R., Kietzmann, Anne Marie, Westerfield, Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adult literacy
Analysis
Classroom environment
Classroom Research
Education
Goal setting
High Risk Students
High school students
High schools
Instructional Effectiveness
Interpersonal relations
Learning Activities
Learning motivation
Learning Processes
Literacy
Literacy programs
Mastery learning
Motivation in education
Nontraditional Education
Portfolio Assessment
Secondary Education
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Self evaluation
Social aspects
Student Motivation
Student Participation
Student teacher relationship
Teacher Student Relationship
Teachers
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Summary:Describes how a portfolio process implemented at an alternative secondary school encouraged resistant students to join in school-related literacy activities. Notes how it also gave the students a chance to self-assess, set and attain goals, and develop a personal relationship with the teacher. (SR)
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706