| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Need and significance of the study | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| ·Formative assessment | 第12-15页 |
| ·Formative assessment vs. summative assessment | 第12-13页 |
| ·Formative assessment and formative feedback | 第13-14页 |
| ·Formative assessment and multiple assessors | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies on ESL/EFL writing process | 第15-17页 |
| ·Flower and Hayes’model of writing process | 第15-16页 |
| ·The social-constructionist view of writing process | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on changes in written product | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies on the role of new information technology in writing | 第18-19页 |
| ·Related studies home and abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·A conceptual framework for this study | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第24-33页 |
| ·The setting | 第24-27页 |
| ·Participants | 第27-28页 |
| ·Data collection | 第28-30页 |
| ·E-mails | 第29页 |
| ·Submitted written assignments | 第29页 |
| ·Forum postings | 第29页 |
| ·Interviews | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第33-57页 |
| ·Formative assessment employed in the project | 第34-38页 |
| ·Occurrences of feedback | 第34-36页 |
| ·Characteristics of the use of formative assessment | 第36-38页 |
| ·Changes in participants’writing process | 第38-45页 |
| ·Changes in the three writing processes | 第38-41页 |
| ·Cognitive, affective and social benefits of formative assessment | 第41-44页 |
| ·Reactive autonomy vs. proactive autonomy | 第44-45页 |
| ·Changes in pariticpants’written products | 第45-52页 |
| ·Four types of changes | 第45-49页 |
| ·Surface writing vs. deep writing | 第49-51页 |
| ·Problems associated with the use of formative assessment | 第51-52页 |
| ·Other factors affecting writing | 第52-57页 |
| ·Inadequate monitoring | 第53-54页 |
| ·Disadvantages of computer-assisted writing | 第54页 |
| ·Participants’writing strategy choices | 第54-55页 |
| ·The growing text | 第55页 |
| ·Information availability | 第55-56页 |
| ·Constraint of time, energy and facility support | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第68-73页 |
