| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-20页 |
| ·Research question | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·General introduction to note-taking | 第12-19页 |
| ·Purpose of note-taking | 第12-13页 |
| ·Method of note-taking | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Cornell Method | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Mapping Method | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Outlining Method | 第15页 |
| ·The Charting Method | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Sentence Method | 第16-17页 |
| ·Scholarly discussion on effective lecture note taking | 第17-19页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-29页 |
| ·Wittrock's theory of generative processing | 第20-21页 |
| ·Note-taking facilitating the learning process | 第21-27页 |
| ·Note-taking facilitating learning as an independent external storage | 第22-23页 |
| ·Note-taking facilitating learning as an encoding process | 第23-25页 |
| ·Note-taking facilitating learning as an encoding plus storage processing | 第25-27页 |
| ·Proper use of lecture notes | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methods | 第29-36页 |
| ·Research question | 第29-30页 |
| ·Quantitative and qualitative methods | 第30-36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| ·Instruments | 第31-33页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第31-32页 |
| ·Interview | 第32页 |
| ·Collection of students' notes | 第32页 |
| ·Software applied | 第32-33页 |
| ·Ratings of complexity | 第33页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis procedures | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第36-59页 |
| ·Students' note-taking approaches | 第36-44页 |
| ·General patterns of note-taking approaches | 第36-39页 |
| ·Students' justification for their choices of approaches | 第39-41页 |
| ·Good learners' note-taking approaches as compared with that of poor learners | 第41-42页 |
| ·Students' note-taking approaches at different stages | 第42-44页 |
| ·Students' note review strategies | 第44-51页 |
| ·General patterns of note review strategies | 第44-45页 |
| ·Students' justification for their choices of strategies | 第45-47页 |
| ·Correlation between the complexity of strategies and the test score | 第47-49页 |
| ·Good learners' note review strategies as compared with that of poor learners | 第49-50页 |
| ·Students' note review strategies at different stages | 第50-51页 |
| ·Difficulties encountered by students and the possible reasons | 第51-54页 |
| ·Difficulties encountered by students | 第51-52页 |
| ·Reasons given by the students for the difficulties | 第52-54页 |
| ·Students' attitudes and habits regarding note-taking | 第54-57页 |
| ·Students' responses to the questions in Section 5 of the questionnaire | 第55-56页 |
| ·Analysis of the responses | 第56-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-65页 |
| ·Major findings of this study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第60-64页 |
| ·Help students become good listeners. | 第60-61页 |
| ·Challenge students to think | 第61-62页 |
| ·Advise students to use reference book properly | 第62页 |
| ·Encourage students to review their notes regularly | 第62-63页 |
| ·Teach students to take better notes | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations | 第64-65页 |
| References | 第65-69页 |
| Appendices | 第69-80页 |
| Publications | 第80-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| Resume | 第82页 |
