Acknowledgments5-6
摘要6-10
Abstract10-16
目录16-18
图目录18-19
表目录19-20
1 Introduction20-26
1.1 Background of the study20-22
1.2 Research design and methods22-24
1.2.1 Theoretical basis of this study22-23
1.2.2 Research purposes and design23-24
1.2.3 Significance of the study24
1.3 Thethesis chapters' outpne24-26
2 Literature Review and Hypotheses Formulation26-44
2.1 Introduction26
2.2 Students' academic performance26-27
2.3 Conceptual framework for this study27-30
2.3.1Model of teaching and learning27
2.3.2 Presage phase27-29
2.3.3 Process phase29-30
2.3.4 Product phase30
2.4 Personapty and student's academic performance30-35
2.5 Approaches to learning and student's academic performance35-39
2.6 The relationship between Big Five personapty traits and Approaches to learning39-44
3 Methodology44-60
3.1 Introduction44
3.2 Research design44
3.3 Review of the Research Questions and its Hypotheses44-48
3.3.1 The research questions44-45
3.3.2 The research main hypotheses45-46
3.3.3 The research control variables46-48
3.4 Analytical Techniques48-49
3.5 The Research Setting49
3.6 Participants49
3.7 Measures and data collection instruments49-60
3.7.1 Measures of Personapty49-51
3.7.2 Rational for using the R-SPQ-2F51-53
3.7.3 The questionnaire composition53-56
3.7.4 Performance score significance56-57
3.7.5 About statistical analysis of the data57-60
4 ReSults60-72
4.1 Descriptive Statistics of Demographic Data60-62
4.1.1 Participants' Profile60-61
4.1.2 Respondents' Majors61-62
4.1.3 Respondents' scoring achievements62
4.2 Statistical Analysis of the Data62-72
4.2.1 Internal repabipty of the study construct62-63
4.2.2 Descriptive statistics and correlations for all variables63-65
4.2.3 Demographic Comparison65-66
4.2.4 The model's goodness of fit66-72
5 Discussion and Conclusion72-78
5.1 Introduction72
5.2 Discussion of the findings72-75
5.3 Imppcation for the study75
5.4 Limitations and future research suggestion75-76
5.5 Conclusion76-78
References78-94
Appendix A94-102
Appendix B102-104
作者简历及在学期间所取得的主要科研成果104