An Introduction To Student Evaluation Through Holography

Student evaluation, being an old but eternal topic, has long been a great concern for educational theory and practice. At the turn of this century, the world is undergoing great changes in all walks of life. The eighth curriculum reform in the field of basic education has been carried out rapidly and smoothly throughout the country. Student evaluation is an important part of the curriculum reform. We are now confronted with a new duty in which a new approach to the research on student evaluation has to be discovered according to the demands of the development of both evaluation theory and practice. It is under such a theoretical and practical background that student evaluation by using holography, which can relate the present with the future, has come into being.The thesis examines the application of holography on the field of student evaluation and combines the conception of holography with the concepts of evaluation and student evaluation. It argues that student evaluation through holography refers to collecting a whole series of key information which can reflect the whole processes and products of students'development with the aim of improving their comprehensive qualities. It intends to include all the information and the typical holographic units, and thereby evaluate systematically our students'development of comprehensive qualities so as to make a judgment on value and find out new value.Student evaluation through holography has profound theoretical background. Through the analysis of the theory of holograph and the theory of multi-intelligence, the thesis argues that there are five characteristics concerning student evaluation through holography. They are as follows: a holistic way of looking at things; knowing the whole through the parts; on the basis of making judgments on value, continuing to find out value and enhance value; the participation of all the shareholders; the combination with real teaching circumstances. The portfolios of student's growth, as a typical qualitative way of student evaluation, can make sure all shareholders can participate effectively by examining all the information concerning the development of students'comprehensive qualities. And also it can keep on finding out the value and enhancing the value on the basis of making judgments on value. Therefore, it can mix the regular job of teaching together to eventually become a specific way of implementing student evaluation through holography. But that doesn't mean that the present or any kind of portfolios can all be put to this use. The portfolios cannot be put to such a use until they are consistent with the characteristics of student evaluation through holography, the theory of holography, and the basic principles of portfolios for students'growth. The thesis constructs the portfolios for students'growth through the theory of holography by explaining in detail the concept, the content and structure, the cover design, the collected works, the evaluation, the reflection, the interchange, the supporting conditions and the auxiliary measures.Finally, a practical research is made to demonstrate the rationality and appropriateness of student evaluation through holography. An experiment for its validity is made and it is also made clear how this kind of student evaluation can be implemented effectively.