| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-20页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第20-27页 |
| ·Research background | 第20-24页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第24-25页 |
| ·Structure of the dissertation | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第27-50页 |
| ·Test usefulness and the importance of interactiveness | 第27-29页 |
| ·Affective factors | 第29-32页 |
| ·Anxiety and test anxiety | 第32-41页 |
| ·Definitions and categorizations of anxiety | 第32-33页 |
| ·Definitions and categorizations of test anxiety | 第33-34页 |
| ·Facets of test anxiety | 第34-36页 |
| ·Cognitive facets | 第34-35页 |
| ·Affective facets | 第35-36页 |
| ·Behavioral facets | 第36页 |
| ·The relationship between test anxiety and test performance | 第36-37页 |
| ·Variables affecting the relationship between test anxiety and test performance | 第37-41页 |
| ·Task-related variables | 第37-39页 |
| ·Situational variables | 第39-40页 |
| ·Demographic variables | 第40-41页 |
| ·Framework of test methods facets | 第41-44页 |
| ·The test methods in interest | 第44-50页 |
| ·Computer familiarity | 第44-45页 |
| ·Sequence of questions | 第45-46页 |
| ·Adaptive testing | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第50-61页 |
| ·Case description | 第50-52页 |
| ·Test methods related with the case study | 第52-56页 |
| ·Testing environment | 第52-53页 |
| ·Test rubric | 第53-54页 |
| ·Nature of the input and the expected response | 第54-55页 |
| ·Relationship between input and response | 第55-56页 |
| ·Research questions and hypotheses | 第56-58页 |
| ·Research methods | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Four Item Banking | 第61-83页 |
| ·Basic characteristics of the item bank | 第61-64页 |
| ·Computations involved in item banking | 第64-75页 |
| ·Generalizing topical knowledge factors | 第64-71页 |
| ·Computing item difficulty and person ability | 第71-72页 |
| ·Estimating model fit | 第72-74页 |
| ·Computing standard error of measurement | 第74-75页 |
| ·Computerizing the item bank | 第75-83页 |
| Chapter Five Preliminary Researches | 第83-93页 |
| ·Research about the relationship between computer familiarity and test performance | 第83-88页 |
| ·Subjects and instruments | 第83-85页 |
| ·Treatment | 第85-88页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第88页 |
| ·Research about the relationship between English proficiency and test performance | 第88-93页 |
| ·Subjects and instruments | 第89-90页 |
| ·Treatment | 第90-92页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第92-93页 |
| Chapter Six Empirical Researches about the Relationship between Test Anxiety and Sequence of Questions | 第93-147页 |
| ·Research about the relationship between test anxiety and SOD | 第94-118页 |
| ·Subjects and instruments | 第94-96页 |
| ·Levels of trait test anxiety of the subjects | 第96-99页 |
| ·Investigation about the relationship between test anxiety and objective SOD | 第99-108页 |
| ·Grouping the subjects | 第99-103页 |
| ·Treatment | 第103-107页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第107-108页 |
| ·Investigation about the relationship between test anxiety and subjective SOD | 第108-116页 |
| ·Grouping the subjects | 第108-111页 |
| ·Treatment | 第111-115页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第115-116页 |
| ·Summary and discussion | 第116-118页 |
| ·Research about the relationship between test anxiety and SOT | 第118-144页 |
| ·Subjects and instruments | 第118-120页 |
| ·Levels of trait test anxiety of the subjects | 第120-123页 |
| ·Investigation about the relationship between test anxiety and objective SOT | 第123-132页 |
| ·Ordering the topical knowledge factors | 第123-124页 |
| ·Grouping the subjects | 第124-127页 |
| ·Treatment | 第127-131页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第131-132页 |
| ·Investigation about the relationship between test anxiety and subjective SOT | 第132-142页 |
| ·Ordering the topical knowledge factors | 第133-134页 |
| ·Grouping the subjects | 第134-137页 |
| ·Treatment | 第137-141页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第141-142页 |
| ·Summary and discussion | 第142-144页 |
| ·Summary of the findings of the two empirical researches | 第144-147页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第147-156页 |
| ·Review of the dissertation | 第147-150页 |
| ·Significance of the dissertation | 第150-153页 |
| ·Limitations of the dissertation | 第153-154页 |
| ·Prospects for future research | 第154-156页 |
| Bibliography | 第156-169页 |
| Appendix | 第169-206页 |
| Appendix I Course Objectives for “Essentials of English-Speaking Countries” | 第169-171页 |
| Appendix II Item Bank of the Case Study | 第171-194页 |
| Appendix III Expressions for Rasch Model Computation | 第194-195页 |
| Appendix IV Item Statistics | 第195-201页 |
| Appendix V Questionnaires | 第201-206页 |
