| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| ·The definition of learning strategy | 第14-16页 |
| ·The definition of metacognition | 第16-17页 |
| ·The definition of metacognitive strategy | 第17-18页 |
| ·The distinction between cognitive and metacognitve strategies | 第18-19页 |
| ·Classfication of metacognitive strategies | 第19-22页 |
| ·Theories about language learning | 第22-25页 |
| ·Language learning process: an information processing perspective | 第23-24页 |
| ·Language leaming process: a cognitive and metacognitive perspective | 第24-25页 |
| ·The definition of reading | 第25-27页 |
| ·Reading process: a cognitive and metacognitve perspective | 第26页 |
| ·The importance of metacognitive strategy in college English reading | 第26-27页 |
| ·Previous research on Gender differences in metacognitive strategy | 第27-28页 |
| ·Research questions | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Research Process | 第29-36页 |
| ·Approaches to investigate learning strategies | 第29-30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30页 |
| ·Instrument | 第30-32页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第31页 |
| ·Think-aloud materials | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data Collection Process | 第32-36页 |
| ·Data collecting process of questionnaire conducting and reading proficiency test | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data collection process of think-aloud | 第33页 |
| ·Coding of think-aloud transcripts | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four The Analysis of the Data | 第36-46页 |
| ·The reliability of the questionnaire | 第36页 |
| ·The categorization of the items in the questionnaire | 第36-37页 |
| ·Gender differences of the ten categories of metacognitive reading strategies | 第37-46页 |
| ·The analyis results of the questionnaire | 第37-41页 |
| ·Discussion of the analysis results of the questionnaire | 第41-43页 |
| ·The analysis results of the think-aloud | 第43-44页 |
| ·Discussion of the think-aloud analysis results | 第44页 |
| ·Comparison of the analysis results of the questionnaire and the think-aloud | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-55页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Metacognitive strategy inventory | 第55-57页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ The results of the investigation by questionnaire | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Reading comprehension test | 第58-65页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Two Passages for think-aloud | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Think-aloud transcripts and analysis | 第67-95页 |
