Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1.-Introduction-1

1.1 Background of the Research-1

1.1.1 History and present researching situation of FD/FI-1

1.1.2 Educational implication of FD/FI-2

1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Research-3

1.3 The Key Research Method-3

2. Literature Review-5

2.1 Learning Style-5

2.2 Cognitive Style-5

2.3 Relationship between Learning Style and Cognitive Style-5

2.4 Field-dependence and Field-independence-6

2.5 Relevant Studies on FD/FI at Home and Abroad-6

2.5.1 Relevant studies on FD/FI at home-6

2.5.2 Relevant studies on FD/FI abroad-7

3. Research Design-8

3.1 Research Questions-8

3.2 Participants-8

3.3 Methodology-8

3.3.1 Literature review method-8

3.3.2 Embedded Figure Test-8

3.3.3 After-class test-9

3.4 Procedure-9

3.4.1 Procedure of the Embedded Figure Test-9

3.4.2 Procedure of the after-class test-10

4. Data Analysis-12

4.1 FD/FI Tendency of the Students in Grade 7 Class 6 in the Affiliated Junior School of Zhejiang University-12

4.2 The Correlation between FD/FI and Learning Results-12

4.3 Summary-15

5. Discussion-16

5.1 Discussion of correlation between FD/FI and Part1-16

5.2 Discussion of correlation between FD/FI and Part2-16

6. Conclusion-17

6.1 Findings of the research-17

6.2 Application of the research-17

6.3 Limitation of the research-18

REFERENCES-19

Appendix A-21