| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Statement of the problems | 第14-16页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Relevant Literature Review | 第18-38页 |
| ·Literature review on cooperative learning | 第18-33页 |
| ·Definition of cooperative learning | 第18-19页 |
| ·The framework of cooperative learning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Basic elements of cooperative learning | 第20-22页 |
| ·Differences between cooperative learning and traditional learning | 第22-23页 |
| ·The model of cooperative learning | 第23-26页 |
| ·Student team achievement divisions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Team-assisted instruction | 第24页 |
| ·Jigsaw | 第24-25页 |
| ·Peer-led team learning | 第25页 |
| ·Problem sets | 第25页 |
| ·Laboratories and projects | 第25-26页 |
| ·Peer editing | 第26页 |
| ·Basic theory of cooperative learning | 第26-32页 |
| ·Needs theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Group dynamics | 第28-30页 |
| ·Humanism | 第30-32页 |
| ·Benefits of cooperative learning | 第32-33页 |
| ·Literature review on reading process | 第33-38页 |
| ·Definition of reading process | 第33-34页 |
| ·Models of reading process | 第34-36页 |
| ·Bottom-up model | 第34-35页 |
| ·Top-down model | 第35页 |
| ·Interactive model | 第35-36页 |
| ·Teaching for reading comprehension | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Implementation | 第38-58页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Objectives | 第38页 |
| ·Research questions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Participants | 第39页 |
| ·Sampling and grouping | 第39-40页 |
| ·Time span | 第40-41页 |
| ·Instruments | 第41-42页 |
| ·Methodology | 第42-51页 |
| ·Experiment | 第42-51页 |
| ·The pretest | 第42页 |
| ·The treatment of the two groups | 第42-50页 |
| ·The treatment of the control group | 第42-43页 |
| ·The treatment of the experiment group | 第43-50页 |
| ·The posttest | 第50-51页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第51页 |
| ·Interview | 第51页 |
| ·Procedure of the study | 第51-53页 |
| ·Procedures for data collection and data analysis | 第53-56页 |
| ·Data collection | 第53-55页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implementation | 第56-58页 |
| ·The main study | 第56-57页 |
| ·The implementation of the pretest | 第56页 |
| ·The implementation of the experiment | 第56-57页 |
| ·The implementation of the posttest | 第57页 |
| ·The implementation of the questionnaire and the interview | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第58-75页 |
| ·Overview | 第58页 |
| ·The results of the experiment | 第58-62页 |
| ·The results of pretest | 第58-59页 |
| ·The results of reading comprehension items in the pretest | 第59-60页 |
| ·Comparison among the three quizzes | 第60-61页 |
| ·The results of posttest | 第61-62页 |
| ·The results of reading comprehension items in the posttest | 第62页 |
| ·The results of the questionnaire | 第62-64页 |
| ·The results of the interview | 第64-65页 |
| ·Discussion | 第65-75页 |
| ·Overview | 第65-66页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 1 | 第66-67页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 2 | 第67-69页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 3 | 第69-71页 |
| ·Assessing cooperative learning | 第71-75页 |
| ·Sufficient and appropriate input and output | 第72-73页 |
| ·Reading competence | 第73-74页 |
| ·Encouraging the students to express in English in the cooperative activities | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第75-80页 |
| ·Overview | 第75页 |
| ·Major findings | 第75-76页 |
| ·Pedagogical significance | 第76-78页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第78页 |
| ·Recommendations for the future study | 第78-80页 |
| References | 第80-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Questionnaire | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Interview | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Cooperative Skill Sheet | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ : Reading Comprehension (Pretest and posttest) | 第90-100页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ: Worksheets and Quizzes | 第100-105页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ: The Scores of the Pretest and the Posttest between the Two Groups | 第105-107页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ: The Scores of the Three Quizzes | 第107-108页 |
