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Assessing Student Teachers’ Soft Skills Using Rubrics in E-portfolio

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Azliza Muhammad, Othman Lebar, Siti Eshah Mokshein, Razmawaty Mohamed, Salzuriawani Ridzwan , Laily Fazlin Khairil

Pages 1245-1255 Received: 03 Sep, 2018 Revised: 08 Oct, 2018 Published Online: 02 Nov, 2018

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v8-i10/5295
Technology-based Assessment (TBA) reflects the use of technology as a tool to organize assessment data or the use of technology to conduct an assessment. With progression of technology in the education arena, electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) assessment has emerged to be a growing popular assessment genre to date. In this study, validated rubrics had been used to measure soft skills formatively and continuously through e-portfolio system. The developed and validated rubrics were employed by the students to assess their soft skills upon completing their assignments. This particular study looked into three primary components: (1) rubrics as an assessment tool, (2) e-portfolio system as a technology-based assessment platform, and (3) soft skills assessment as a necessary requisite in becoming a successful education student. Findings showed that students agreed rubrics can be used as assessment tool in the e-portfolio platform to measure their soft skills.
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In-Text Citation: (Muhammad et al., 2018)
To Cite this Article: Muhammad, A., Lebar, O., Mokshein, S. E., Mohamed, R., Ridzwan, S., & Khairil, L. F. (2018). Assessing Student Teachers’ Soft Skills Using Rubrics in E-portfolio. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(10), 1245–1255.