对学生智力的开发和能力的培养是新型教学模式的核心 ,也是地理教学改革的需要。在地理教学中 ,我侧重从以下几个方面提高学生的能力。一、培养学生的地理思维能力地理的教学目的不再是让学生大量地记忆知识 ,而是教会学生如何运用地理的观点去思考问题。如讲初中地理“世界上 The development of students’ intelligence and the cultivation of their abilities are the core of the new teaching model and the need for geography teaching reform. In geography teaching, I focus on improving student abilities from the following aspects. I. Fostering Students’ Geographical Thinking Ability The purpose of geography teaching is no longer to allow students to remember a great deal of knowledge, but to teach students how to use the geographic point of view to think about issues. For example, the junior middle school geography