| Ⅰ. Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| ·Independent Learning | 第7-9页 |
| ·The definition of Independent Learning | 第7页 |
| ·Features of independent learning | 第7-8页 |
| ·Aims of Independent Learning | 第8-9页 |
| ·Significance of Research | 第9-14页 |
| ·Reasons for conducting the research | 第9-12页 |
| ·The structure of this research paper | 第12-14页 |
| Ⅱ. Literature Review: American and Chinese Cultural Perspectives on Education | 第14-27页 |
| ·A Comparison of Educational Concepts rooted in American & Chinese Cultures | 第14-16页 |
| ·Individual vs. Group | 第14页 |
| ·Aggression vs. Isolation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Ability vs. Effort | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Characteristics and Merits of American Education | 第16-23页 |
| ·Dominant or mainstream of American culture | 第16页 |
| ·The American teaching strategies: advantages and disadvantages | 第16-23页 |
| ·The Characteristics and Merits of Chinese Education | 第23-27页 |
| ·The traditional ideas of Chinese culture | 第23-24页 |
| ·Chinese teaching strategies: advantages and disadvantages | 第24-27页 |
| Ⅲ. Theoretical Bases for Independent Learning | 第27-36页 |
| ·Theories of independent learning from researchers home and abroad | 第27-33页 |
| ·Chinese scholars on independent learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·Western scholars on independent learning | 第28-33页 |
| ·Experimental studies of such approaches in Chinese senior high English teaching | 第33-36页 |
| ·Zhu Chuan-bin's teaching based on self-learning | 第33页 |
| ·The "reading, discussing, explaining and practicing" pattern in Shanghai | 第33-34页 |
| ·Qiu Xue-hua's tentative teaching method | 第34页 |
| ·Lu Zhong-heng's self-learning& instructing teaching method | 第34-35页 |
| ·Comments and reflection on the approaches above | 第35-36页 |
| Ⅳ. Design and Implementation of the Experiment | 第36-45页 |
| ·The design of the experiment | 第36-38页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第36页 |
| ·The feasibility of this experiment | 第36页 |
| ·Learners' aspect | 第36-37页 |
| ·Teachers' aspect | 第37页 |
| ·Research methods | 第37页 |
| ·Experiment period | 第37-38页 |
| ·The implementation of the experiment | 第38-45页 |
| ·Strategies to help students set goals | 第38-39页 |
| ·Instructional strategies used by the teacher | 第39-40页 |
| ·The example outlines of independent learning process | 第40页 |
| ·Transfer of responsibility from teacher to learner | 第40-41页 |
| ·The teachers' role in the transfer | 第41页 |
| ·Three periods of experimental training | 第41-45页 |
| ·Three periods to develop the students' habit of preview | 第41-42页 |
| ·Developing the students' ability of exploring knowledge | 第42-43页 |
| ·To create situations for activating the interest and improving the students' ability of cooperative learning | 第43-45页 |
| Ⅴ. The Results and Analyses | 第45-62页 |
| ·Related data of the experiment | 第45-56页 |
| ·Result from the questionnaire items | 第45-48页 |
| ·Results from the pre-tests and post-tests designed by the author | 第48页 |
| ·Results from standard test | 第48-49页 |
| ·Results from interview | 第49-51页 |
| ·Results from observatory notes | 第51-56页 |
| ·The open contests' prizes students got during the experiment | 第56页 |
| ·Reflections based on the experiment | 第56-62页 |
| ·Advantages of Independent Learning | 第56-57页 |
| ·Disadvantages of Independent Learning | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Successful Factors in Independent Learning | 第58-61页 |
| ·Motivation's role | 第58-59页 |
| ·Teachers' role | 第59-60页 |
| ·Relationship between teacher and student | 第60-61页 |
| ·Further contemplation | 第61-62页 |
| Ⅵ. Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| ·Significance of research | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitation of research | 第63-64页 |
| Reference Books | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix A | 第66-71页 |
| Appendix B | 第71-81页 |
| Appendix C | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第82页 |
