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RAPPORT Volume 3 Issue 1 (2018) median (65.5%) is also within the median range (57% - 71%) for each year since 2011. In 2018, the maximum overall student grade was 90%, which was the highest maximum grade since 2011. Step 4: Evaluate (2) Evaluating the e- portfolio as Assessment FOR Learning If the e-portfolios were more successful in assessment FOR learning, our hypothesis was that students’ grades in their reflective learning journals would improve. Therefore, a drill down into results for the different strands of assessment should indicate if this is the case. Overall, the difference in students’ average grade in 2017 was 64%, while in 2018 it was 65%, an increase in the overall student average of 1%. This appears to slightly support the above hypothesis. Students’ average grade for the reflective learning journal, based on the same exercises in both years, was higher in 2018 (68%) than in 2017 at (64.8%), which indicates that students performed slightly better in the reflective journal exercises using e-portfolios, again suggesting that the hypothesis is slightly supported. Table 2: Breakdown of continuous assessment components on ‘Creativity and Discovery’ module (2016/7 and 2017/18) Item of Assessment Weighting % 2016/7 Average Weighted Average Grade Difference grade 15 59% Group Video 15 65% Individual 70 2017/8 2017/8 1 2016/7 Group Report Weighting % 61% 15 59% 15 64.8% 64.7% 50 N/A N/A 77% 20 N/A N/A 68% (70% -1% Learning Journal Weekly e-portfolio submissions Individual e- +2 portfolio journal weighting) assessment combined Totals 1 100 64% +1% 65% 100 Rounded to full numbers, gives similar result to difference between median values, when placed at 2 decimals. 56