| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| List of abbreviation | 第14页 |
| List of figures | 第14-15页 |
| List of tables | 第15-16页 |
| List of appendices | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter One Introducing the Study of Scoring Rubric Effects on L2 Writing Performance | 第17-24页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第17-19页 |
| ·Furthering the studies on scoring rubric | 第17-18页 |
| ·Clarifying the function of scoring rubric | 第18页 |
| ·Exploring a better design of writing items | 第18-19页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第19-22页 |
| ·Theoretical Significance | 第19-20页 |
| ·Methodological Significance | 第20-21页 |
| ·Pedagogical Significance | 第21-22页 |
| ·Significance of Item Writing | 第22页 |
| ·Outline of the Dissertation | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Two Scoring Rubric and L2 Writing Performance: Literature Review | 第24-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24页 |
| ·Studies on how to design scoring criteria | 第24-26页 |
| ·Studies on the efficiency of scoring rubrics: holistic or analytic | 第26页 |
| ·Studies on the influence of scoring rubrics on teaching strategies of writing | 第26-27页 |
| ·Studies on L2 writing performance influenced by L1 | 第27-29页 |
| ·Studies on a certain aspect of L2 writing performance | 第29-31页 |
| ·Research Design for the Present Study | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Defining Scoring Rubric for Testees and L2 Writing Performance | 第33-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Defining Key Concepts | 第33-39页 |
| ·Concept of Scoring Rubric for Testees | 第33-36页 |
| ·Concept of L2 Writing Performance | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Scoring Rubrics Designed for Present Study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research Questions for the Study | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Theoretical Framework of the Study | 第42-51页 |
| ·Scoring rubric for testees in the schema of language use and language test performance | 第42-49页 |
| ·Scoring rubric for testees meeting the requirements of the philosophy of language testing | 第49页 |
| ·Research hypothesis for the study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Five Scoring Rubric Effects on L2 Writing Performance | 第51-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51页 |
| ·Design of the First Experiment | 第51-64页 |
| ·Participants | 第51-52页 |
| ·Instruments | 第52-53页 |
| ·Operational Descriptions of the study variables | 第53页 |
| ·Data Collection Process | 第53-55页 |
| ·Data Analysis Procedures | 第55-63页 |
| ·Limitation in the First Experiment | 第63-64页 |
| ·Design of the Second Experiment | 第64-68页 |
| ·Participants | 第64-65页 |
| ·Instruments | 第65-66页 |
| ·Operational Description of Study Variables | 第66页 |
| ·Data Collection Process | 第66-67页 |
| ·Data Analysis Procedures | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations in the second experiment | 第68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Six Scoring Rubric Effects on L2 Writing Performance: Results and Discussion | 第69-88页 |
| ·Introduction | 第69页 |
| ·Review of Research Questions | 第69-70页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第70-84页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of the First Experiment | 第70-78页 |
| ·On complicate sentence structures | 第70-74页 |
| ·On cohesive devices | 第74-77页 |
| ·On word frequency | 第77-78页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of the Second Experiment | 第78-84页 |
| ·On complicated sentence structures | 第78-80页 |
| ·On cohesive devices | 第80-81页 |
| ·On word frequency | 第81-82页 |
| ·On the data from the interview | 第82-84页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第84-87页 |
| ·Summary | 第87-88页 |
| Chapter Seven Scoring Rubric Effects on L2 Writing Performance: Conclusion | 第88-93页 |
| ·Introduction | 第88页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第88-89页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第89-90页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第90-91页 |
| ·Implications of Item Writing | 第91页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第91-92页 |
| ·Directions for Future Research | 第92页 |
| ·Summary | 第92-93页 |
| References | 第93-97页 |
| Appendices | 第97-131页 |
