| Abstract in English | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Content and Method of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Status of the Study | 第15-19页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Critical Thinking | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Theory of Critical Thinking | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 Structure of Critical Thinking | 第23-25页 |
| 2.4 Assessment Tools of Critical Thinking | 第25-28页 |
| 3. Research Design | 第28-32页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第28页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3 Research Tools | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.1 The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Chinese (the CCDI-CV) | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.2 The California Critical Thinking Skills Test | 第30页 |
| 3.4 Research Process | 第30-32页 |
| 3.4.1 Collection of the Acquisition Data | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4.2 Analysis of the Data | 第31-32页 |
| 4. Result and Discussion | 第32-54页 |
| 4.1 Analysis and Discussion of the Survey Result of Critical Thinking Tendency | 第32-42页 |
| 4.1.1 High School Students’ Present Situation of Critical Thinking Tendency | 第32-37页 |
| 4.1.2 Comparison of Students’ Critical Thinking Tendency between Different Sexes | 第37-39页 |
| 4.1.3 Comparison of Students’ Critical Thinking Tendency between Different Subjects (arts/science) | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.4 Interaction Effect of Gender and Subjects (arts/science) on Students’ Critical Thinking Tendency | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 Analysis and Discussion of the Survey Results of Critical Thinking Skills | 第42-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Status and Development Trend of Critical Thinking Skills | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison of Different Critical Thinking Skills between Different Sexes | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2.3 Comparison of Students’ Critical Thinking Skills between Different Subjects(arts/science) | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.4 The Interaction Effect of Gender and Subjects (arts/science) on Students Critical Thinking Skills | 第49页 |
| 4.3 Correlation Analysis and Discussion between Critical Thinking Tendency and Skills | 第49-54页 |
| 5.Conclusions | 第54-60页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第54-56页 |
| 5.2 Implications in English Teaching of High School | 第56-57页 |
| 5.3 Research Limitations | 第57-58页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for Future Research | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix A | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix B | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix C | 第70-72页 |
| Publications | 第72-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74页 |
