Abstract:
To study, to analyze and to synthesize opinions of experts, administrators, teachers, audio-visual teachers and/or computer teachers concerning electronic portfolios to accompany the evaluation of student's learning for elementary students in the elementary schools under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Private Education Commission; and to propose an electronic portfolios model to accompany the evaluation of student's learning for elementary students. Robin Fogarty's Webbed Model Theory, Dick & Carey's a Systems Approach Model for Designing Instruction, and the Thinking Process for developing the Portfolios of the Office of Educational Testing Service under the Department of Curriculum and Instruction Development were applied in the developing of an electronic portfolios model. Subjects employed in the study composed of (1) Eight specialists in policy and elementary curriculum, electronic portfolios, and computer (2) Three hundred and ninety eight persons composed of administrators, teachers, audio-visual teachers and/or computer teacher in elementary levels (3) Five experts to evaluate the proposed electronic portfolios model. Interview, open and closed questionnaire, and model-evaluation forms for electronic portfolios were used in the study. The findings revealed that (1) Most of elementary schools had the policy to support the developing of electronic portfolios, they were ready in terms of computer and electronic media. Teachers were able to use basic application programs and had been using portfolios in their instructions for more than two years. Their evaluations on the proposed electronic portfolios to accompany the evaluation of student's leaning for elementary students were appropriate and at the "high" level. (2) The proposed electronic portfolios model for elementary students were presented in the semantic model which composed of 8 steps as followings (2.1) specify the goals (2.2) select the media (2.3) produce and collect the products (2.4) store up the products (2.5) the products (2.6) evaluate the products (2.7) revise the products (2.8) diffuse and publicize the products