| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-30页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第16-23页 |
| 1.2 Research rationale | 第23-26页 |
| 1.3 Research significance | 第26-28页 |
| 1.4 Research questions | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第30-53页 |
| 2.1 Review of autonomous learning | 第30-39页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of autonomous learning | 第30-35页 |
| 2.1.2 Developing process of researches on autonomous learning | 第35-37页 |
| 2.1.3 Main studies of autonomous learning home and abroad | 第37-39页 |
| 2.2 Review of autonomous learning strategy | 第39-42页 |
| 2.3 Review of motivation | 第42-49页 |
| 2.3.1 Motivation Defined | 第43-44页 |
| 2.3.2 Motivation classification | 第44-46页 |
| 2.3.3 Review of achievement motivation | 第46-47页 |
| 2.3.4 Relationship between autonomous learning and achievementmotivation | 第47-49页 |
| 2.4 Review of project-based learning (PBL) | 第49-53页 |
| 2.4.1 Definition of PBL | 第49-51页 |
| 2.4.2 The relationship between PBL and autonomous learning | 第51-53页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMWORK | 第53-63页 |
| 3.1 Model of autonomous learning process | 第53-56页 |
| 3.2 Model of PBL and its essentials | 第56-59页 |
| 3.3 Framework of the research | 第59-63页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第63-79页 |
| 4.1 Investigation Subjects | 第63-65页 |
| 4.2 Variables Investigated | 第65-67页 |
| 4.3 Hypotheses | 第67-68页 |
| 4.4 Investigation tools | 第68-73页 |
| 4.5 Analysis methods | 第73-75页 |
| 4.6 Pilot study | 第75-79页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE RESULTS AND DATAANALYSIS | 第79-101页 |
| 5.1 Procedures of the research | 第79-80页 |
| 5.2 Results of the study | 第80-95页 |
| 5.2.1 Descriptive analysis of students’ achievement motivation in thecontest | 第80-82页 |
| 5.2.2 Result of Hypothesis 1 | 第82-83页 |
| 5.2.3 Result of Hypothesis 2 | 第83-85页 |
| 5.2.4 Result of the third research question:the effectiveness of each autonomous learning phase on the contest result | 第85-87页 |
| 5.2.5 Result of the fourth research question:The effectiveness of each autonomous learning strategies on the contest result | 第87-95页 |
| 5.3 Discussion for the research findings | 第95-101页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第101-110页 |
| 6.1 Summary | 第101-105页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the study | 第105-107页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the study | 第107-110页 |
| REFERENCES | 第110-115页 |
| APPENDICES | 第115-122页 |
| Appendix A | 第115-117页 |
| Appendix B | 第117-120页 |
| Appendix C | 第120-121页 |
| Appendix D | 第121-122页 |
