| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 The Background of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 The General Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1 Development of Formative Assessment | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Assessment | 第17页 |
| 2.1.2 Defmition of Formative Assessment | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Rise of Formative Assessment | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 The Trend in the Area of Evaluation | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Principles of Formative Assessment | 第22-28页 |
| 3.1 Multiple-Intelligences Theory | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Contructivism Theory | 第23-25页 |
| 3.3 Characteristics of Formative Assessment | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3.1 Stress on Different Methods in Learning Process | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.2 Stress on Unpredicted Result | 第26-27页 |
| 3.4 Purpose of Formative Assessment | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Importance of the Improvement of Students' Writing Skills | 第28-34页 |
| 4.1 The Importance of Improving Students' Writing Skills | 第28页 |
| 4.2 Current Situation of English-Writing Teaching | 第28-33页 |
| 4.2.1 Current Ways of English-Writing Teaching | 第28-30页 |
| 4.2.2 Barriers to the Improvement of Writing Skills | 第30-33页 |
| 4.3 Demand of Writing Teaching by NECS | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Five Methodology of the Study | 第34-51页 |
| 5.1 Research Questions | 第34-35页 |
| 5.2 Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| 5.3 Instruments | 第36-37页 |
| 5.4 Experiment Procedure | 第37-39页 |
| 5.5 Description of the Process about Developing Portfolios | 第39-50页 |
| 5.6 Data Collection | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Six Results and Discussion | 第51-59页 |
| 6.1 Descriptive Statistics | 第51-53页 |
| 6.2 Results of Questionnaires | 第53-55页 |
| 6.3 Discussion | 第55-59页 |
| 6.3.1 The Implement of Formative Assessment and Summative Assessment inTeaching Practice | 第55-56页 |
| 6.3.2 Formative Assessment Aids Students to Reflect Themselves | 第56-57页 |
| 6.3.3 Formative Assessment Aids Teachers to Teach Better | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Seven | 第59-64页 |
| 7.1 Conclusion | 第59-60页 |
| 7.2 Implications | 第60-64页 |
| Reference | 第64-69页 |
| Appendices | 第69-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Questionnaires for English Writing in the Pretest | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Questionnaires for English Writing in the Posttest | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Test Paper for Writing Proficiency in the Pretest | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Test Paper for Writing Proficiency in the Posttest | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Writing Evaluation Criteria | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Raw Scores for Writing Proficiency Test | 第74-76页 |
