| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two Background of The Present Study | 第14-21页 |
| ·Literature review | 第14-19页 |
| ·An overview of western assessment development | 第14-16页 |
| ·An overview of assessment development in China | 第16-19页 |
| ·Weaknesses and problems of traditional assessment | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis of Formative Assessment | 第21-30页 |
| ·Definitions of common assessment-related terms | 第21页 |
| ·General types of classroom assessment | 第21-23页 |
| ·Definitions of formative assessment and Summative assessment | 第23-25页 |
| ·Characteristics and functions of formative assessment | 第25-27页 |
| ·The rationale of formative assessment | 第27-30页 |
| ·Multiple Intelligences Theory | 第27页 |
| ·Humanism Psychology | 第27-28页 |
| ·Constructivism | 第28页 |
| ·Contributions of Cognitive Psychology | 第28页 |
| ·Bloom's Taxonomy of educational objectives | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Formative Assessment | 第30-44页 |
| ·Principles of conducting formative assessment | 第30-32页 |
| ·Learner-centered principle | 第30页 |
| ·Ongoing principle | 第30-31页 |
| ·Multi-dimensional principle | 第31-32页 |
| ·Methods of formative assessment | 第32-34页 |
| ·Self-assessment | 第32-33页 |
| ·Peer assessment | 第33-34页 |
| ·Teacher assessment | 第34页 |
| ·Tools and techniques of formative assessment | 第34-44页 |
| ·Observation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第36页 |
| ·Interviews | 第36-38页 |
| ·Dialogue Journals | 第38-39页 |
| ·Conferences | 第39-40页 |
| ·Portfolios | 第40-44页 |
| ·General guidelines for using portfolios | 第41-42页 |
| ·Advantages of using portfolios | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five An Experiment of Formative Assessment in EFL Teaching | 第44-59页 |
| ·Participants | 第44-45页 |
| ·Students | 第44页 |
| ·The Researcher | 第44-45页 |
| ·Research purpose | 第45页 |
| ·Procedures of formative assessment application | 第45-47页 |
| ·Assessment training before the experiment | 第45-46页 |
| ·A questionnaire survey at the initial stage of the experiment | 第46-47页 |
| ·Implementation of formative assessment experiment | 第47页 |
| ·Instruments | 第47-57页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第47-49页 |
| ·Design | 第47-48页 |
| ·Procedure | 第48页 |
| ·Data collection | 第48页 |
| ·Result and analysis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Student interview | 第49页 |
| ·Setting the goals and self-assessment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Peer-assessment in teaching writing | 第50-51页 |
| ·Portfolio | 第51-57页 |
| ·Designing student writing portfolios | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implementing portfolios in the EFL writing classes | 第52-56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| ·A Suggested Formative Assessment Model | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第67-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
