| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Definition of critical thinking | 第16-18页 |
| ·Critical thinking skills | 第18-21页 |
| ·Bloom's taxonomy | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Delphi Report | 第19-20页 |
| ·Critical thinking assessment | 第20-21页 |
| ·Researches concerning critical thinking abroad | 第21-23页 |
| ·Researches concerning critical thinking in China | 第23-24页 |
| ·Definition of learning community and classroom community | 第24-26页 |
| ·Relevant studies of learning community in and outside China | 第26-28页 |
| ·Cultivating critical thinking skills in the classroom learning community | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第32-39页 |
| ·Research questions | 第32-33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第33页 |
| ·Instrument | 第33-36页 |
| ·Rovai's Classroom Community Scale | 第33-34页 |
| ·Classroom community scale designed in the present study | 第34-35页 |
| ·Reading comprehension test | 第35页 |
| ·Interview | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data collection | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data analyses | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussions | 第39-65页 |
| ·Results | 第39-57页 |
| ·Results concerning the classroom community | 第39-47页 |
| ·Comparison between the two scales | 第47-50页 |
| ·Results of the reading comprehension test | 第50-55页 |
| ·Results of the interview | 第55-57页 |
| ·Discussion | 第57-65页 |
| ·Improvement of the perception of classroom community | 第57-59页 |
| ·Improvement of students' critical thinking | 第59-63页 |
| ·Cultivation of critical thinking in classroom learning community | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| ·Major findings | 第65-66页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations and further research suggestions | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-77页 |
| Appendices | 第77-94页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Rovai's Classroom Community Scale | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Classroom community scale designed in the present study | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Reading comprehension test | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ: Excerpts from the interview | 第84-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ: Keys to the reading comprehension test | 第87-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ: Scoring criteria of the reading comprehension test | 第92-94页 |
| 作者简历 | 第94页 |
