| Chapter One: Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| 1 The focus and rationale of this research | 第9-14页 |
| ·Definition of teacher's feedback | 第9页 |
| ·Major types of teacher's feedback | 第9-13页 |
| ·Focus on positive feedback | 第9-10页 |
| ·Consideration of cultural influence | 第10-13页 |
| ·The subject selection | 第13-14页 |
| ·The main concerns in the research | 第14页 |
| 2 The purpose and significance of the research | 第14-16页 |
| ·The purpose of research | 第14-15页 |
| ·The significance of the research | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two: Investigation results and analysis | 第16-39页 |
| 1 Brief introduction | 第16-17页 |
| 2 Research methods and results | 第17-37页 |
| ·Investigation on students | 第17-31页 |
| ·Investigation on average students | 第17-25页 |
| ·Investigation on underachieving students | 第25-31页 |
| ·Investigation of teachers | 第31-37页 |
| 3 Summary of the investigation | 第37-39页 |
| ·The significance of teacher's feedback | 第37-38页 |
| ·The characteristics of effective teacher's feedback | 第38页 |
| ·Two important qualities of teachers | 第38页 |
| ·Effectiveness of specific feedback types | 第38-39页 |
| ·A final concern-underachieving students | 第39页 |
| Chapter Three: A tentative solution to current situation | 第39-46页 |
| 1 The need of teacher's feedback improvement | 第39-40页 |
| 2 Three obstacles in current situation | 第40-42页 |
| ·Oversize of classes | 第40-41页 |
| ·Overwork of the teacher | 第41页 |
| ·Inadequate psychological knowledge of the teacher | 第41-42页 |
| 3 What teachers and schools can improve? | 第42-43页 |
| 4 What researchers in further study could do? | 第43-46页 |
| ·The guidelines proposed in previous studies | 第43-44页 |
| ·The significance of further research | 第44-45页 |
| ·The important issues in further research | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Four: Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire on the average student | 第51-53页 |
| Appendix 2 Questionnaire on the underachieving students | 第53-54页 |
| Appendix 3 Interview questions for underachieving students | 第54-55页 |
| Appendix 4 Questionnaire on the teacher | 第55-57页 |
| Appendix 5 Guidelines for Effective Praise (by Brophy) | 第57-58页 |
| Notes | 第58页 |
