ABSTRACT
The rapid advances in the economy and technology have changed the way of students study today. In current years, research of effective learning methods in college education has been aroused extensive attention (Raymond, 2012; Riek, 2013). On the one hand, most people think cooperative learning is a useful skill that should be mastered by a university student (Steve et al. 2012). On the other hand, autonomous learning is highlighted by some researchers (Gwen et al. 2014; Douglas Elliot, 2013). Moreover, some people argue that exploratory learning should be paid more attention to by the students (Foote Stephanie et al. 2012; Seri & Gal, 2014). In fact, autonomous, cooperative and exploratory learning are three effective learning methods which are different from each other, but have correlative dependence. Only applying one of them is not enough in undergraduate phase. For that reason, it’s necessary to explore difference and relationship among themselves. To meet the specific learning needs of students, how to integrate the three learning methods effectively in a college education is very important, especially for improving the undergraduate learning efficiency.
