Abstract: Two field experiments were conducted with the application of the strategies of c ognitive match and formal match, two affective handling strategies of teaching m aterials to regulate learning sets of students, to Chinese teaching and foreign language teaching separately. The results showed that the application of the two strategies to affective handling of teaching materials separately was availab le to regulation of students learning sets and helpful to promotion of students cognitive and affective learning, and the improvement of classroom teaching qual ity.

Key words: instructional psychology, teaching materials, a ffective handling, cognitive match, formal match, teaching strategy