Research on the Promotion of Web-Based Autonomous Learning by Multiple Evaluation

Developing learner autonomy has been one of goals for teaching. In the new teaching mode which is backed up by on-line techniques, Web-based learner autonomy and its development are essential to learners. The traditional evaluation - summative evaluation only attends to the grades and results in neglecting the learning process and thus can´t encourage learners to learn autonomously. This paper discusses multiple evaluation and its influence on the learners´ Web-based autonomous learning. The authors have made an investigation before using multiple evaluation in the teaching. Then the authors and their colleagues perform multiple evaluation in the experimental classes while only traditional evaluation in the control classes. This situation lasts a school year, and then another investigation is carried out. The analysis of the results of the investigation shows that multiple evaluation can greatly improve learners´ on-line autonomous learning ability. The results demonstrate the need to carry out the multiple evaluation in the new Web-based learning setting.